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A 3 page paper which argues that Harriet Beecher Stowe was an activist through her work “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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interestingly enough, written by a white woman who possessed a great deal of experience and sympathy regarding slaves and slavery. While this work does not necessarily reflect the obvious forms
of activism, that being petitioning, striking, or marching, it is a work that is clearly the work of an activist who was trying to make a difference in the way
people perceived slavery, hoping to change the way people looked at the controversial topic. The following paper examines how and why Stowe is clearly an activist because of this work.
Uncle Toms Cabin A literary work can have a profound affect on people and a profound affect on the society within which the story was presented. In terms of
Harriet Beecher Stowe, she once met with Lincoln om 1862, wherein he referred to her as "the little lady who started this big war. Indeed, Uncle Toms Cabin was the
first social protest novel published in the United States" (ClassicNotes). In this we can surely see just how influential this work was, without even knowing anything of the story, and
thus clearly argue that she was an activist. Even if she never met with Lincoln or physically and verbally became involved in fighting against the injustices done to slaves, her
work "Uncle Toms Cabin" influenced a great many people. And, her intention was to "inspire a strong emotional reaction of indignation in her readers" (ClassicNotes). At the point in
Stowes life when she was writing this story she lived in Ohio, just across the river from a location where slaves were often bought and sold. In this location she
was able to watch many events that truly made her desire to make a stand against slavery. For example, she once saw a husband and his wife being sold, and
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