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Section 2: Compromises Fail
 Calhoun had hoped that the law would force northerners to
admit that slave owners had rights to their property

Calhoun was wrong – it convinced more northerners that slavery
was evil
 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
 Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
 Daughter of an abolitionist minister
 Book was written to show the nation what a horrible thing
slavery was
 Focused on a fictional tale of Uncle Tom – a kind slave who
suffers cruelty from his owner Simon Legree
 Book was a best-seller in the North
 Southerners called it Propaganda

False or misleading information to spread or further a cause
 They claimed it did not give an accurate portrayal of the lives
of slaves