Uncle Tom's Cabin part 1

KA's US History fellow Kim and US history intern Becca discuss the growing sectional conflict in the 1850s that surrounded the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

[davidmusabwa]

Thank you so much Khan Academy, your videos are always helpful and on point . I have nothing to give back but God bless.

[lindsayhengehold]

Love Khan Academy & love Uncle Tom’s Cabin :)

[chissstardestroyer]

Regarding the "fugitive slave act" there's no guarantee that Northerners would comply with it; and in fact, many refused- and that's good news that the slave-owners, thieves that they were, lost out: it was unenforceable.

[theotakuchannel]

thank you khan academy for all of your wonderful videos they serve as great little refreshers for me and I appreciate it

[chissstardestroyer]

Basic moral teaching is that any unjust law is no law at all; it may be in the books, it may be required by treaty, but it is not a law at all, and never will be, so it never will be binding at all.

[richardqin]

How does a book start a war? Well, have u ever heard of “The Communist Manifesto”?

[RoberinoSERE]

First of all its not a little book unless you read the Cliff Notes.
Its 45 chapters and 22 hours at a good clip to read.

[Paraselene_Tao]

The first 30 seconds are about an aprocyphal quote. Despite there being hundreds or maybe even thousands of references to this quoted story, it remains apocryphal.

[villianotm]

I'm here bc my teacher told me to watch this vid 😂

[alxti]

god why do people make us watch these videos for school

[autumnbands]

how does Stowe comments on how slavery contradicts the fundamental teachings of Christianity?

[ripmyheadof]

Lovely voices...they sound like honey and raindrops

[loganmastermeep]

Tbh im kinda suprised they didn't READ the book... I didn't want to anyways but like i thought they would actually read it.

[gracieluedecke]

okay but did lincoln say that? doubtful

[petermourik]

microphone isnt working well and it sounds terrible

[chissstardestroyer]

Basically the southerners were trying to square a circle; that's why none of their arguments make any sense.