I am fascinated by the woman, Mrs. Stowe, who stirred up a country by writing a book, Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was a preacher's kid, an abolitionist, mother of 7 children, went to Kentucky to visit a friend on a plantation and watched a slave auction. It changed her focus on life and it wrought up a nation.In one week the book sold 10,000 copies and taught people how wrong slavery was. President Lincoln told her that the book started the war. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to be such a force of good. I wonder how often we see things and dismiss them because we think we have no power. Do I believe she was God-inspired! In a new york minute!
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