Finding the Words
Jan 01, 2022
3 minutes
by Sara Bartlett and
Elizabeth Howard
In the 1800s, writing was a powerful form of communication. Women of all ages contributed a wealth of literary compositions during the Civil War (1861–1865).
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote one of the most popular American novels in the years leading to the war. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) tells the story of the brutal treatment of enslaved people on Southern plantations. Stowe had seen the effects of slavery while living in Cincinnati, Ohio. That city was on the border with the slave state of Kentucky. Although it was not Stowe’s intention, the book was seen as an abolitionist work. It energized antislavery Northerners while enraging proslavery
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