After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which many claim sparked off the Civil War that put an end to legalized slavery in America, there was a great outcry that Stowe had blown her fictional story out of all proportion to the facts. She was viewed by some as an irresponsible monster. Stowe defended herself by painstakingly publishing this Key, describing the actual people, incidents, statutes, court cases, news articles, advertisements, and published facts from whence she drew her material. She didn’t make anything up! Additionally, throughout this key, Stowe vents her own very strong opinions on the shameful practice of slavery, and examines, especially in Part IV, the failure of organized Christendom in both America and Europe to put a stop to the barbarity. "We must repudiate, with determined severity, the blasphemous doctrine of property in human beings." She and her famous brother, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, were very active in the Underground Railroad, raising money and endangering themselves to save countless lives. - Summary by Michele Fry
01. 1.1 – PART I, CHAPTER I – Preface and Introduction02. 1.2 – Haley03. 1.3 – Mr. and Mrs. Shelby04. 1.4 – George Harris05. 1.5 – Eliza06. 1.6 – Uncle Tom07. 1.7 – Miss Ophelia08. 1.8 – Marie St. Clare09. 1.9 – St. Clare10. 1.10 – Legree11. 1.11 – Select Incidents of Lawful Trade12. 1.12 – Topsy13. 1.13 – The Quakers14. 1.14 – Spirit of St. Clare15. 2.1 – PART II, CHAPTER I16. 2.2 – What is Slavery?17. 2.3 – Souther v. The Commonwealth, the ne plus ultra of Legal Humanity18. 2.4 – Protective Statutes19. 2.5 – Protective Acts of South Carolina and Louisiana.—The Iron Collar of Louisiana and North Carolina20. 2.6 – Protective Acts with regard to Food and Raiment, Labor, etc.21. 2.7 – The Execution of Justice22. 2.8 – The Good Old Times23. 2.9 – Moderate Correction and Accidental Death. – State v. Castleman24. 2.10 – Principles established. – State v. Legree; a Case not in the Books25. 2.11 – The Triumph of Justice over Law26. 2.12 – A Comparison of the Roman Law of Slavery with the American27. 2.13 – The Men better than their Laws28. 2.14 – The Hebrew Slave-law compared with the American Slave-law29. 2.15 – Slavery is Despotism30. 3.1 – PART III. CHAPTER I – Does Public Opinion protect the Slave?31. 3.2 – Public Opinion formed by Education32. 3.3.1 – Separation of Families - Part 133. 3.3.2 – Separation of Families - Part 234. 3.4.1 – The Slave-trade35. 3.4.2 The Slave-trade, Part 236. 3.5 – Select Incidents of Lawful Trade; or, Facts stranger than Fiction37. 3.6.1 – The Edmondson Family, Part 138. 3.6.2 – The Edmondson Family, Part 239. 3.7 – Emily Russell40. 3.8 – Kidnapping41. 3.9 – Slaves as they are, on Testimony of Owners42. 3.10.1 – Poor White Trash43. 3.10.2 Poor White Trash, Part 244. 4.1.1 – PART IV, CHAPTER I – Influence of the American Church on Slavery, Part 145. 4.1.2 – Influence of the American Church on Slavery, Part 246. 4.2.1 – American Church and Slavery, Part 147. 4.2.2 – American Church and Slavery, Part 248. 4.2.3 – American Church and Slavery, Part 349. 4.3 – Martyrdom50. 4.4 – Servitude in the Primitive Church compared with American Slavery51. 4.5 – Teachings and Condition of the Apostles52. 4.6 – Apostolic Teaching on Emancipation53. 4.7 – Abolition of Slavery by Christianity54. 4.8 – Justice and Equity versus Slavery55. 4.9 – Is the System of Religion which is taught the Slave the Gospel?56. 4.10 – What is to be done?57. APPENDIX
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