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Harriet was inspired
Harriet was a little girl when she inspired by a political debate over whether the new state of Missouri should be free or a slave state, she was inspired by his message against slavery. -
Education an Writing Talents
Harriet becomes a student then a teacher at Hartford Female Seminary, which was founded by her sister. She furthered her writing talents. Which is why she was able to move people in her writing(she was good at it). And was able to write Uncle Tom's Cabin. -
Harriet moves to Ohio
Harriet's father got a job in Cincinnati Ohio, she joined a club called the "Semi-Colon Club" where she started to learn how to love and write. -
The National Era
Stowe began a contract with The National Era, an anti-slavery magazine, for a story that would for Northerners who had never knew how bad slavery was, this would show how bad slavery really was and hope to abolish slavery -
Ideas of Uncle Tom's Cabin Begins
After hearing a Anti-Slavery Sermon, Harriet picture a idea of a book about the cruelty of slavery, she rushes home to start writing down ideas about what she has pictured. The sermon was preached by George E. Adams. This gave her the idea to show everyone what slavery was really like, if she didn't hear that then the North would not have heard that slavery was really that bad and there would not have been such an uproar. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
She authored Uncle Tom's Cabin and it showed what slavery was really like and caused a uproar in the South, they feared this would lead to the abolition of slavery. This was widely read novel throughout the U.S. This is one reason why this book is such a big part in history, it fueled and divided both the North and the South -
The reaction
After Uncle Tom's Cabin was published, it caused an uproar in the south, so she published "A key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" to rebut all the criticisms the book was getting -
Travels to Europe
Harriet travels to Europe to talk about her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and publishes another novel which is called "Dred, A Tale of the great Dismal Swamp". Which is about an escaped slave. She showed the world that slavery was bad and more and more people around the world would see how bad slavery is -
Back to Europe
Harriet travels back to Europe to speak more about Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book is so popular that it was translated into 37 different languages. This shows the world what is going on with slavery and this could have fueled the south because the world is now seeing how inhumane slavery was. -
Talk with the President
Harriet has a talk with President where he calls her "Little women who wrote the book that caused a great war". This is because the book divided the North and South even more. It showed the north that slavery is an awful and inhumane thing. And it made the south fear that slavery would be abolished once and for all.
