Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Cultural Battle for Northern Public Opinion

Abolitionism, Resistance, and Sectional Division

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Assess how Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 best-selling novel humanized enslaved people and personalized the moral evils of slavery for millions of Northerners.

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Abolitionism, Resistance, and Sectional Division

7th Grade · Social Studies · US-MS-SS

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Explore how abolitionist leaders, freedom seekers, literature, and growing cultural polarization challenged the institution of slavery and divided the nation.

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7C.11.5Mississippi Social Studies Standards · 7th Grade

Examine the impact of slavery on the nation’s political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development.