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Who wrote a novel that incited protests against the Fugitive slave act?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which incited protests against the Fugitive Slave Act due to its powerful portrayal of the injustices of slavery. The novel's impact helped galvanize antislavery sentiments in the North and is often credited with helping to fuel the abolitionist movement.
Whose abolitionist novel published in 1852 started the civil war?
Harriet Beecher Stowe. She was so outraged by the Fugitive Slave Act that she wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a protest against it.
Who wrote a letter to the King of Portugal protesting the impact of the slave trade on his kingdom?
King Afonso I of Kongo
What part of the Compromise of 1850 was most unpopular in the North?
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
Who is novel inspired the civil war?
'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stower. She wrote it as an angry protest at the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced ordinary citizens to report anyone who looked though he might be a runaway slave. This gave Abolitionists the idea for the Underground Railroad, the safe-house arrangement that smuggled slaves into Canada, and her novel drew attention to this new system.
Who wrote the fugitive slave act?
The Fugitive Slave Act was written by Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. The act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850.
What part of the compromise of 1850 allowed kidnapping and slave catchers?
The Fugitive Slave Act. Reaction in the North was so negative that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' about it.
Who wrote F is for Fugitive?
The author who wrote the book F is for Fugitive is Sue Grafton. The book was released in 1989 and is considered to be a fiction book with mystery and suspense.
What part of the compromise of 1850 was supposed to benefit the south?
The Fugitive Slave Act. It was so unpopular in the North that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a direct protest against it.
Who wrote the book The slave dancer?
Paula Fox wrote The Slave Dancer.
What part of the Compromise of 1850 did Northerners hate?
The Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways. This caused a highly emotive reaction in the North, and it made Harriet Beecher Stowe so angry that she wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
Act that required all citizen to help catch runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act - an unfortunate attempt to appease the South with a robust, macho-style gesture in support of property (meaning slave property). It backfired badly. Northern citizens did not like being treated like unpaid slave-catchers, and many new recruits were drawn to the Abolitionist cause. Harriet Beecher Stowe was so enraged that she wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a reaction against the new Act.
