"The War on Slavery" Living across the Slaveholding State of Kentucky, the young Harriet Beecher Stowe met both abolitionists and fugitive slaves, both whom informed her of the cruelty of life in bondage. ... She stated, "I will write something .I will if I live" (Douglas 8). ... During this period American women were writing profitably (Douglas 12). ... It inspired other authors such as Frederick Douglas's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas and Harriet Ann Jacobs" Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to write about their experiences as slaves. ... Uncle Tom's Cabin ...

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