Literature · Activism · 1811–1896
Born: 14 June 1811 · Died: 1 July 1896 · Age: 85
American abolitionist whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin turned many against slavery in the years before the Civil War
Did you know?Her writing was so impactful that Abraham Lincoln allegedly joked she was the little woman who started the American Civil War.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a novel that helped change history. Uncle Tom's Cabin showed the cruelty of slavery to millions of readers. It sold huge numbers in America and Britain. It deepened the divide between North and South before the Civil War. She came from a family of preachers and reformers. She wrote many other books. Later critics questioned its stereotypes, but its impact is beyond doubt.
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family and wrote a popular novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans.
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American writer, 1811–1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on 14 June 1811.
She lived in Cincinnati.
Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in 1852.
She met Abraham Lincoln in 1862.
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Did you know?It was the best-selling novel of the 19th century.
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