Abraham Lincoln once said to Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you are the little lady who wrote the book that created this great war” (Hillstrom and Baker 431). Harriet Beecher Stowe, in a sense, started the Civil War, one of the bloodiest battles in American history. He did his best to abolish slavery and never gave up on slaves, no matter what obstacles there were along the way. Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, helped free slaves during the Civil War, and also worked to abolish slavery in his lifetime. Harriet Beecher was always a good writer, even when she was young. When he was young, he won an essay contest. In addition to winning essay contests, he also wrote a high school graduation essay. In the future, writing would be his life. She married her husband Calvin Stowe and to help finance her poor family, she wrote articles to make money. What he didn't know was that one day his writings would have a huge impact in America and even around the world (Haugen 20-32). When one of Stowe's sons died a few months after his birth, she despaired of him and thought she knew how an enslaved mother would feel if her son were taken away from her(Haugen 38). He used those feelings and wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book was written when the Fugitive Slave Act was known to the public (Harriet Beecher Stowe). The book was based on her experiences, the Underground Railroad, and also the anti-slavery movement (The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center). Uncle Tom's Cabin was a great success among Americans (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Originally there were only going to be three or four sections in an anti-slavery newspaper. Eventually, the story was spread across more than 40 sections of the newspaper (Uncle Tom's Cabin). When it was made into a book, the shops... middle of paper... a farm and employed old slaves with his son Frederick Stowe as manager. Ultimately, Harriet Beecher Stowe made a huge difference to America and the world on views on slavery. He had accomplished many things including writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, meeting with Lincoln to discuss signing the Emancipation Proclamation, and also doing many other things besides writing in his life to protest slavery. Without Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin would not have been written and would not have convinced millions of people against slavery. Lincoln would most likely have been slower to sign the Emancipation Proclamation and the Unions would have had no more soldiers to help fight against the Confederates, which would have made the war last even longer. Even so, many people will remember Harriet Beecher Stowe as “the little lady who fought this great war”.