Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family where the boys were seen
as assets and the girls as second-class citizens. The lack of power
for women in the 1800s fueled her outrage against slavery, and she
began to write religious periodicals to support her family. ""Uncle
Tom's Cabin"" appeared in weekly installments from June 1851 to
April 1852 in the antislavery magazine ""National Era"". Eventually
published as a novel and a play, ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" argued
against slavery, creating a stirring effect on the abolitionist
cause and angering the South, where it was banned.Upon meeting
Stowe, President Lincoln was quoted as saying, 'So you're the
little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!' Stowe
became a celebrity and went on to write 10 adult novels, including
a second antislavery novel called ""Dred"". During the Civil War,
she aided runaway slaves, and after the war, she built and
established several schools and boarding homes for newly freed
slaves. Although ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" cannot be denied its
importance and influence, it also has been associated with the
creation and popularization of negative stereotypes of blacks.
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