14+Document+3E

+the cruelty of the slavery +the book affected the North greatly +supported abolitionist movement +issue of slavery was highly controversial +to show the sectionalism in culture at that time period (compare it to document 4) not all slaves are mistreated as how this book portrays
 * Category**:Cultural Sectionalism**Author:** Harriet Beecher Stowe**Purpose:**+show how slaves were mistreated in the South
 * Pro/Con:** Pro-North**Prior Knowledge:**
 * Audience**: Abolitionist Northerners and to convince Southerners to become abolitionists**Reason**:
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