In 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. In its first year, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold 300,000 copies, which was a great shock to the American people given the theme of the book and that of slaves as the main characters. What was also a shock to people was that it was written by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, a white woman who never owned a slave in her life. The book appealed not only to people's emotions, but also to their intellect. He informed people, especially in the north, of the harshness of life for slaves. Stowe gave his book "a realistic future, showing that not all slave owners were evil, but that there were few slave owners who cared about their slaves." The South was furious at the way the lives of slaves were depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin and "denounced the book as libelous." This quickly made Uncle Toms Cabin one of the most influential anti-slavery books ever written. Uncle Tom's Cabin helped spark the Civil War by contributing to the division between the North and South of the United States. Uncle Tom's Cabin helped the North feel more sympathetic toward the corrupt slave trade industry, which raised more questions about whether slavery should be abolished everywhere. regions of the United States. Harriet Beecher Stowe was a woman who grew up in a family of preachers and “who never set foot on a plantation.” Although Mrs. Stowe did not own slaves, she had become familiar with the slave lifestyle by “listening to the stories of a slave named Eliza.” In 1850, a year before the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed. This law made it more difficult for slaves who had escaped to free states to remain free if they were arrested and brought to justice. This left Northerners outraged at the law, as they felt "obligated to help in an industry they did not support." This influenced Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin even further. However, when asked how she was able to write Uncle Tom's Cabin, she replied, "God wrote it for her." » During the era of slavery, religion was important to slaves and their owners. Slave owners often believed that slavery was a good thing “because the Bible said so.” However, in Uncle Tom's Cabin, religion created a great power struggle between slavery and religion..