Uncle Tom's Cabin

        Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in the United States in 1852, was an abolitionist novel that achieved widespread popularity, particularly among white readers in the North. It vividly describes every aspect of a slave's life, following the story of Uncle Tom, who is depicted as a saintly, dignified slave. Over 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States within a year of its publication, and it also sold very well in England. Furthermore, Uncle Tom's Cabin was adapted into various theatrical melodramas, further popularizing the story and the animosity it inspired towards the South.

        The most significant impact of this book was that it informed readers across the North of the horrors of slavery on a far more personal level than ever before. On the other hand, Uncle Tom's Cabin was met with outrange in the South and was branded as false and irresponsibly exaggerative. This exacerbated the already tense debate of slavery between the North and the South, which we now know would eventually lead to the Civil War.

Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Uncle-Toms-Cabin
http://www.ushistory.org/us/28d.asp