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連載小說形式的「黑奴籲天錄」 (Uncle
Tom』s Cabin) 完成
1851年6月5日
西元1862年，林肯總統曾經邀請哈里耶特‧比徹‧斯托到白宮一聚。據說林肯當時曾大叫：「這就是引起大戰爭的女士小姐呀！」因為這本書將美國人民分割成兩派：一派支持廢除奴隸制度，另一派贊成維持奴隸制度，所以也被當成是引起美國內戰的主要原因之一。你現在是不是發現用筆寫出文字的力量、要比刀劍更有威力呢？
President Lincoln invited Harriet Beecher Stowe to the White House in 1862. According to legend, he is said to have exclaimed, "So this is the little lady who made this big war?" Because the book divided people into those who wished to abolish slavery (abolitionists) and those who wished to maintain slavery (anti-abolitionists), it is often listed as one of the causes of the Civil War. Would you say that the pen is mightier than the sword?
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