In Cincinnati, she came into contact with fugitive slaves. Like Frederick Douglas , she used her gift of storytelling and writing as a way of bringing about change to American society. The following excerpt is taken from the last chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which very much resembles a sermon. If it must be so, it will be a mournful spectacle. If it must be so, the country will have reason to tremble, when it remembers that fate of nations is in the hand of the One who is very pitiful, and of tender compassion.
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