4. Myth: If my heart rate is normal, my blood pressure is fine. Sometimes your heart rate and your blood pressure go hand in hand. For example, when you exercise, or get angry or scared, they both go up. But they're not always linked. If your heart rate is normal, your blood pressure may not be.
In A Nutshell. Harriet Beecher Stowe âs inspiration for Uncle Tomâs Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which made aiding or assisting runaway slaves a crime in free states. Uncle Tomâs Cabin, which was first published in 1852, is thus a deliberate and carefully written anti-slavery argument. Sure, itâs a novel, but donât forget that itâs also a sermon intended to convince a Christian audience that slavery is an evil institution and must be destroyed.
This article is about the mid-19th century novel. For other uses, see Uncle Tom's Cabin (disambiguation). Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War, according to Will Kaufman.