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christinaq15
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How did the North and the South react to Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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Posted by christinaq15 on Thursday April 26, 2007 at 1:26 PM and tagged with history, reaction, uncle tom's cabin.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
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    Both reacted powerfully, but they reacted quite differently. The South criticized the book, especially supporters of slavery. Many people wrote letters, and some even wrote entire books answering the novel. (It is said that one person sent Stowe a slave's ear.)

    In the North, the response was more varied. Many people read the work, and it dominated the stage for some time (decades—long after the Civil War). For some readers, it crystallized their politics and their opposition to slavery. Others managed to treat it as a tearjerker without getting politically active.

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    Posted by gbeatty on Thursday April 26, 2007 at 6:19 PM