caitlinpyle — 2015-05-06 12:16:57 UTC

Increasingly, the northerners became more polarized against slavery. Sympathies began to grow for abolitionists and against slavery and slaveholders. This occurred especially after some major events including: the publishing of Harriet Beecher Stowe'sUncle Tom's Cabin, the Dred Scott Case, John Brown's Raid, and the passage of the fugitive slave actthat held individuals responsible for harboring fugitive slaves even if they were located in non-slave states.

4. Growth of the Abolition Movement by Ms. Pyle