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How did the book uncle toms cabin influence national politics?

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It aroused sympathy for runaway slaves, and converted many people to Abolitionism.

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What was uncle tom's cabin the book about?
I have not read the book, but I understand it was written by a Connecticut women. It is about how slaves were treated badly by their masters in pre-civil war south.
How did uncle toms cabin affect national politics?
It symbolised the anger of Northern abolitionists at the introduction of the Fugitive Slave Act, which Congress had brought in as the price of admitting California to the Union as free soil.The novel...
Who was an overseer in the book Uncle Toms cabin?
Simon Legree.
Is the book Uncle Tom's Cabin about slavery?
its about a specific slave... namely Uncle Tom
How did uncle tom's cabin influence society?
It portrayer the cruelty of slavery