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The Abolition Movement In Uncle Tom's Cabin

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The Abolition Movement had happened between the years of 1830s through 1860s. The main reason for the Abolition Movement was to end slavery. Abolitionist who had believed that slavery had been wrong or a sin had been overpowering those who didn’t agree at the time, because of escapes. One way thousands of slaves had escaped slavery was because of safe houses and the underground railroad. Also, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass were apart of the abolition movement, because Harriet had wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin to show what really goes on being a slave, and Frederick had fought for their rights.

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