Whose abolitionist novel, published in 1852, “started this big war”?

It was also Lincoln who said this when he met Stowe, because the book had greatly increased tensions between the North and South.

Explanation:

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Stowe. It was an anti-slavery and an abolitionist novel. It helped lay the groundwork of the civil war.

Explanation:

the authority to tax.

thomas jefferson is the answer