On March 20th 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was published. Within three months, the novel had sold 300,000 copies and was so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1862, he reportedly said, "so you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." … Continue reading March 20 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
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March 6 1857 Supreme Court Rules In Dred Scott Case
On March 6th 1857, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision on Sanford v Dred Scott, a case that intensified national divisions over the issue of slavery. In 1834, Dred Scott, a slave, had been taken to Illinois, a free state, and then Wisconsin territory, where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery. Scott … Continue reading March 6 1857 Supreme Court Rules In Dred Scott Case
Craig Hill 