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Question
What role did the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, play in the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861?
Solution
This book had a profound influence on the northern states and their anti-slavery campaign began to gather momentum. Due to this the southern sates break away from the union and formed a confederacy of their own. Which become the main cause of the civil war.
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