What did harriet Beecher stowe do that increased tension between the north and the south?

Answer 1

Her abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, exposed the institution of slavery in a light that was sympathetic to the slaves depicted.

Answer 2

Harriet Beecher Stowe was from a family of antebellum abolitionists. She opposed slavery throughout anywhere it existed in the United States. In 1851, Ms. Stowe began to conceive of a novel that exposed the evils of slavery. It was not an anti-southern book. She saw slavery as far north as Delaware, hardly a southern state. Her focus also included the complicity of Northern people who did nothing about slavery or worse, to her, people that were totally indifferent with the institution that existed before they were even born.Her novel was Uncle Tom's Cabin. Literary critics panned it as "too melodramatic". The book first appearing in serial form in newspapers was finally condensed into a book. She also brought into the picture how Christianity was also complicit in the slavery issue.

Her novel became a best seller. It drew national attention to the issue of slavery. Since, as mentioned earlier, she blamed the entire nation for slavery, it was not designed to pit the North against the South. It had nothing to do with secession, it had everything to do with what was right.

The questions speaks about "increased tension". There was none, it was a symbol instead for US citizens to think about and ponder the issue.

Answer 3

She wrote a novel that aroused compassion for enslaved people.

Answer 4

she wrote a novel that arroused compassion for enslaved people