Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe uses the character of Augustine St. Clare to play a very important role in expressing her views of abolition to the reader throughout the novel. St. Clare is, in himself, a huge contradiction of a character, as his way of life is supported by the same system that he despises, slavery. St. Clare professes multiple times in the book that slavery is wrong, yet he holds slaves and refuses to release them, making him a hypocrite whose morals are right, mainly because of his mother, but he is unwilling to do the right thing. St. Clare symbolizes some of the southern slave owners at the time who knew that slavery was a sin and an act against God, but refused to stand up and stop it. St. Clare is such an essential character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and he is an important part of the overall message of the novel and Stowe’s interjection of her abolitionist views that are throughout the novel.

The Civil War, the bloodiest war in American History, had many causes that turned brother against brother. The issue of slavery was the largest conflict between the north and the south. The south was upset with many things such as Slavery, government, and legislative issues. All these conflicts eventually led to secession, and the horrific war began.

Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.” upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe for the first time. The book that the former president is referring to is Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a 1850s book about the moral wrongs of slavery. It has been said to be the most influential anti-slavery book that has ever been written. Harriet Beecher Stowe is an effective author. She uses numerous literary devices such as facile characters, character foils, and symbolism to highlight her abolitionist views and constructs a persuasive argument against slavery.

The North consisted of multiple anti-slavery groups, the two major ones being abolitionists and free-soilers. Abolitionists were against the entire practice of slavery, believing it to be immoral and thus the “highest crime against God.” (Doc 3) On the other hand, free-soilers were against the expansion of slavery into newly acquired western territories because it would create cheaper labor reducing white worker opportunities. Famous abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin portrays the horrors of slavery and the

Why the Civil War was fought is a question that, to this day, is still not entirely clear. Many people say that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery, while others believe that the South seceding was the prominent issue. While slavery was the original issue that started the war, the secession of the Southern States is what mainly drove the Civil War. The reason the Southern States were fighting for secession was because the Northern States were not giving the South equal say and power in the government and were also threatening to take away the South’s way of life and primary beliefs. While many believe that the South did not have the right to secede the South did have the right to secede.

Lastly, the different beliefs of the political figures in the system. The Southerners felt that slavery was needed for life to continue normally, while the Northerners believed that slavery was morally wrong and that

The North and the South both had to make extreme adjustments in order to prepare themselves for an all-out internal war. Both sides of this conflict grew from the same place. It was severely differing opinions and ideologies that caused the bloodiest war in American history. Most people believe that the Civil war was fought over the slavery enterprise, and they are partially right. The civil war did in fact have ties to opposition and the attempted removal of slavery in the United States, but that was not the only reason for this bloody and ill-fated War Between the States.

The civil war is a dark time in the history of America. We fought and bleed until we had lost many. But, there were many reasons to such hatred brewing in a nation. One of these was slavery. Until the antebellum, the inevitable issue was just being hidden behind many compromises and acts put in place to... hide it. Abolitionist and Pro-slavery settlers attacked each other. Bleeding Kansas was an example. John Brown had attacked 5 Pro slavery settlers and many Pro slavery settlers attacked Lawrence.

During the Civil War there was a lot going on at the time. The North and South decided to split, and this caused some problems. One reason the Civil War happened was because of slavery. The South didn't like the idea of keeping slavery. The South wanted everyone to have equal rights. The North, on the other hand didn't think that slaves should have equal rights.

Because Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed three years earlier in 1854 and repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, this statement could be true. However, the spirit of the compromise had survived in the North and they argued no slavery above 36°30’ line. Now, the Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise of 1820 were unconstitutional anyway. Therefore, Congress had no power to ban slavery anywhere from the territories (The American Pageant, Pg.418). This decision supported the idea of popular sovereignty and highly recommended the principles of

b. Stephen A. Douglas- Thirty-seven-year-old Senator of Illinois. He tried to break the North-South deadlock over westward expansion; proposed the Territory of Nebraska to be sliced into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.Their status on slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty. Kansas would be presumed to be a slave state, while Nebraska would be a free state.

There are several reasons why the Civil War was started. One of them were because of state rights vs. Federal government. The south wanted Independence and State rights, not a federal government because they feared that the federal government would gain too much power.and violate their rights. The North however,wanted to have the south not to secede from them and also to ban slavery forever.

By the 19th century the debate over race centered around two theories: “one theory was that different races signified different species; the other, that humans were one species and that race represented discrepancy in the human species” (Michael). These views were compatible with the teachings of the Bible. Through the mid-19th century, there was confrontation to slavery in both the U.S. and Europe. The abolitionist movement of the 19th century sought to humanize the predicament of African slaves in various ways, to influence political power and public opinion. One of the ways that race played out in popular culture was in the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which depicted a more realistic portrait of slavery and

As many people say history was written by the victors, we need to remember there would be no victors without the struggle and turmoil of those that lost. This is what Harriet Beecher Stowe’s compelling novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin has taught us in regards to the war on slavery. In the midst of the 1800’s, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her best-selling novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, to address the various issues regarding race during this century. Throughout her novel, readers learn the lives of slaves, slave masters, and their families, which leads to the understanding of a unique lifestyle among the characters. As her novel is important in today’s society, it made an even greater impact during the nineteenth century as it portrays the ideology of the Civil War and the abolitionists.

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a novel written in times of unrest where slavery was a controversial topic and women 's rights were still suffering. Uncle Tom’s Cabin showed the grim reality of slavery and showed the importance for women to gain a societal role beyond the domestic domain. The reading contains a number of major characters throughout the novel. The two most notable characters we will discuss is Mrs. Shelby and Marie St. Clare. Throughout this paper we will compare and contrast these two characters and give specific examples to illustrate the similarities and differences between these two unique individuals.