Question

A major historical influence on Harriet Beecher Stowe in writing this novel was ___.

Answer 1

A The Passing of the fugitive slave act. 
She wanted to convince people in the North the importance of ending slavery. The fugitive slave act made it illegal to help runaway slaves escaping the south to free regions in specific regions in the north where slavery had been outlawed. The book was published just 2 years after the fugitive slave act of 1850 was passed.