In sum, Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin widened the chasm between the North and the South, greatly strengthened Northern abolitionism, and weakened British sympathy for the Southern cause. The most influential novel ever written by an American, it was one of the contributing causes of the Civil War.
Fresh change creates new opportunities An promises it gives the people something to work towards.
French and Americans were battling the Brits and their supply was also cut off. <span />
