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This book shows how abolitionists used rhetoric and discourse, rather than violence, to change opinions about slavery. Books like Uncle Tom's Cabin incite people to take action and they provoke a sense of urgency about the matter. Less than a decade before an impending civil war the United States enacted the Compromise of 1850, which among other things revived the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 in a more aggravated form. The main stipulation of the law was to impose strict monetary and legal penalties against those who aided the escape or impeded the capture of fugitive slaves. Frederick Douglass

American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. --- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. --- Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. --- Law and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century. --- Slavery in literature. --- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom’s cabin. --- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850). --- Fugitive slaves --- Slavery in literature --- Law and literature --- American literature --- Law - U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Constitutional Law - U.S. --- Literature and law --- Literature --- Slavery and slaves in literature --- Slaves in literature --- Runaway slaves --- Slavery --- Slaves --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Legal status, laws, etc --- History --- History and criticism --- Douglass, Frederick, --- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, --- United States. --- Enslaved persons in literature --- Enslaved persons