They all shaped the literary culture in the United States. Ned Buntline was a sensationalist writer who wrote many stories which moved people to extreme passionate acts such as rioting. Harriet Beecher Stowe helped people's view progress on slavery as she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, as it depicted the harsh life of African-American slaves. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leader of the Transcendentalist movement (a protest against the general state of spirituality) and was a big supporter of individualism, as well as writing stories about the pressure of society.
