... the untruths in the novel and looked upon it as one more proof of the north's incurable prejudice against the southern way of life. Hinton R. Helper's book Impending Crisis of the South attacked slavery at another angle. Hinton used statistics to demonstrate that slavery had a negative impact on he South economy. The southerners feared that the Republican Party would threaten their constitutional ... ...
... Constitution protected slavery and the laws must be obeyed. The main issue that Buchanan had to deal with throughout his presidency was slavery. Authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Hinton R. Helper published books that awakened New England abolitionists. The Lincoln-Douglas debates showed the ethical prejudice of slavery and were some of the first "shots" fired in the Civil War ... , especially the cruel splitting of families." This novel upset Southerners because of its unfair indictments. Also inflaming the South was the fact that Stowe had never seen slavery first hand. Hinton R...
