Chapter 19 Drifting Toward Disunion. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel in response to the Fugitive Slave Law Highlighted the strain.
Drifting Towards Disunion 1854-1860. Incendiary Literature Harriet Beecher Stowe & Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) Portrayed the evils of slavery (physical abuse/splitting.