"Uncle Tom’s Cabin," by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is one of the most influential books in the history of literature. It was published during a period when a divided America was embroiled in a North-South dispute that eventually led to the American Civil War. In the year 1852, and in the years before, the years during which Stowe wrote her heavily influential book, the North-South divide grew deeper and deeper over many issues. The biggest issue however, was slavery. During this time, Stowe’s antislavery novel was serialized, and swept the nation causing a growth of new abolitionists, thus stirring up a larger and more intense opposition to slavery. Legend has it Stowe’s book sparked the rapid movement towards the Civil War, and according to the lore that surrounds Stowe, it is said that when she met Abraham Lincoln in 1862, he greeted her with, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.”2 Stowe’s work today is used as a window to look back into the past and learn about the evils of slavery and its effects on individuals, families, and society as a whole. Throughout Uncle Tom’s Cabin, one can find major historical events which were affecting the United States at the time and analyze the way Stowe incorporated the issues into the text. The novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," was originally a serialized story run in The National Era (June 5, 1851 – April 1, 1852), an abolitionist publication.4 The work was published in full by John P. Jewett and Company on March 20, 1852.5 By 1852, America was going through its largest internal dispute. The dispute was between the North and the South over many economic and social issues; however the largest of these was slavery. As a result, Stowe penned her story to stir debate and bring attention to the realities of slavery in America by giving it a human voice. When "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" was written, it gained popularity very quickly as it rapidly sold copies across the North. Much attention was paid to the book and many reviews were written, documenting the influence Stowe’s book had on society at the time it was written. In The National Era an article was published on April 15th, 1852, stating, “We conceive that in writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has done more to diffuse real knowledge of the facts and workings of American Slavery, and to arouse the sluggish nation to shake off the curse, and abate the wrong than has been accomplished b