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Article: Put it in writing.(American Civil War)
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- Cobblestone
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- February 1, 2005
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On the 1800s, writing was a very powerful form of communication, and women of all ages contributed a wealth of literary compositions during the Civil War.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote one of the most popular American novels in the years leading to the Civil War. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) tells the story of the brutal treatment of slaves on Southern plantations. Stowe had seen the effects of slavery while living in Cincinnati, Ohio, a border city to the slave state of Kentucky. Although it was not her intention, the book was seen as an abolitionist work. When President Abraham Lincoln met her, he stated, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this ...