One short book nearly started the Civil War. And helped bring down American slavery.
But how did one womanβs writing change so many minds?
It didnβt command armies. It didnβt pass laws. It did something even more powerful: it changed hearts.
When Harriet Beecher Stowe met Abraham Lincoln during the war, he reportedly greeted her by saying, βSo youβre the lβ¦
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