1. The Road To Secession
... free." Several historical figures were instrumental in the downward spiral of the Union toward secession, beginning with the publishing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and culminating in the election of Abraham Lincoln. The publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe further strained sectional tensions. Stowe wished to enlighten the North's awareness of the cruelty and inhumanity of ... was merely a byproduct severing southern ties to the Union. During the late 1850s, sectional struggles mounted, contributing to the widening schism between the North and...
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