Harriet Beecher Stowe (Leaders of the Civil War Era)

Writer of the antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe drew on personal observations and stories told to her by runaway slaves and South friends. The story epitomized the evils of human bondage and exposed to the public the devastating effects of slavery. Uncle Tom's Cabin whipped up a furor in both the abolitionist North and slaveholding South and propelled the divided nation further down the path to civil war. Includes full-color illustrations, conversion chart, glossary, bibliography, further resources, and index. 8 chapters, 120 pages