Some historians claim that the main cause of the Civil War was the institution of Slavery. Southern states needed the institution to help with their main source of economy; agriculture. Northern states, however, were primarily manufacturing states and did not have as great of a need for slavery.
Q. Why would the North and South want to compromise over the issue of slavery?
Southern slaveholders fiercely resisted, however, because they knew that they would be unable to stop antislavery legislation in the U.S. Congress if some of the new states were not admitted as slave states. In order to preserve the Union, the two sides agreed to a series of compromises on the issue of slavery.
Table of Contents
- Q. Why would the North and South want to compromise over the issue of slavery?
- Q. What was the compromise between the North and South?
- Q. Is Uncle Tom’s Cabin still banned?
- Q. Where is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
- Q. Who banned Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
- Q. What is the plot of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
- Q. Is Uncle Tom’s Cabin public domain?
- Q. Can I read Uncle Tom’s Cabin online?
Q. What was the compromise between the North and South?
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
Q. Is Uncle Tom’s Cabin still banned?
The book was a piece of activism on Stowe’s part and was meant to convey the evils of slavery to a national and general audience. Stowe herself received many threatening letters from Southern critics – one included the severed ear of a slave. Today, Uncle Tom’s Cabin is banned for a variety of other reasons.
Q. Where is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site (French: Site historique de la Case de l’oncle Tom) is an open-air museum in Dresden, Ontario, Canada, that documents the life of Josiah Henson, the history of slavery, and the Underground Railroad.
Q. Who banned Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
The history of books being banned in America is thought to stem back to 1852 when Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published. Stowe’s novel was banned in the south preceding the Civil War for holding pro-abolitionist views and arousing debates on slavery.
Q. What is the plot of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin tells the story of Uncle Tom, depicted as a saintly, dignified slave. While being transported by boat to auction in New Orleans, Tom saves the life of Little Eva, whose grateful father then purchases Tom. Eva and Tom soon become great friends.
Q. Is Uncle Tom’s Cabin public domain?
The books in this collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.
Q. Can I read Uncle Tom’s Cabin online?
Project Gutenberg provides free versions of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (and many other historical books) in a variety of formats to read on a computer or download to a Kindle or other e-reader.
