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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Do you remember the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Well, she is the author:

In March 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe visited the White House and upon meeting President Abraham Lincoln, it is said he said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war?" Although it is doubtful that Lincoln said these words, there is no denying that her novel had an impact on the slavery debate.

She was born Harriet Elizabeth Beecher on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Born into a family of ministers and reformers, her father was a well known Congregational Revivalist, and seven of her brothers were ministers. The most famous of these brothers was Henry Ward Beecher, a celebrated public speaker, and her eldest sister Catherine was renowned for her stern teaching methods.

Harriet attended Catherine's school in Hartford, where she later taught, and also attended another of her schools in Cincinnati. She loved to write, and her first published work was a geography book, followed by a sketch, which was her first attempt at fiction. So good, this won a magazine contest. While in Cincinnati, she soon began to learn about slaves and slavery, with the slave state of Kentucky across the river. One day, upon visiting a Kentucky plantation, she saw first hand the plight of the slaves. Upon her return home, she orchestrated the escape of a black maidservant who was a fugitive slave.

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Stowe Beecher Harriet

Coming from such a background I am sure she was 'conditioned' to begin this route that would bring a new era into the century. Now although this Board is NOT a Book review I thought I would add a brief about the Book itself to help us understand the significance of its' impact:

Stowe's main goal with Uncle Tom's Cabin was to convince her large Northern readership of the necessity of ending slavery. Most immediately, the novel served as a response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which made it illegal to give aid or assistance to a runaway slave. Under this legislation, Southern slaves who escaped to the North had to flee to Canada in order to find real freedom. With her book, Stowe created a sort of expose that revealed the horrors of Southern slavery to people in the North. Her radical position on race relations, though, was informed by a deep religiosity. Stowe continually emphasizes the importance of Christian love in eradicating oppression. She also works in her feminist beliefs, showing women as equals to men in intelligence, bravery, and spiritual strength. Indeed, women dominate the book's moral code, proving vital advisors to their husbands, who often need help in seeing through convention and popular opinion.
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