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10 de jun. de 2024 · Harriet Beecher Stowe, American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which contributed so much to popular feeling against slavery that it is cited among the causes of the American Civil War. Learn more about Stowe’s life and work.
11 de jun. de 2024 · Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was a known abolitionist who shaped society’s consciousness around the hardships of slavery. Her book follows the story of a man named Uncle Tom who saves a young girl by the name of Eva.
5 de jun. de 2024 · Harriet Beecher Stowe, born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut, was an American author and abolitionist. She came from a prominent religious family; her father, Lyman Beecher, was a well-known Calvinist preacher, and her siblings were influential in various social reform movements.
17 de jun. de 2024 · Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn't keep quiet.
7 de jun. de 2024 · Uncle Tom, title character in the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (serialized 1851–52, published as a book in 1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Initially, the character Tom—called “Uncle” Tom in the Southern fashion of showing respect for an older man—was viewed sympathetically by the novel’s.
5 de jun. de 2024 · Indeed, when President Lincoln received its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, at the White House in 1862, legend has it he exclaimed, “So this is the little lady who made this big war?” For some sixty-five years after its debut, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was frequently presented on stage.
20 de jun. de 2024 · Parloa became acquainted with remarkable women who held influence over her path. Among these esteemed individuals were the likes of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a prominent figure, and Celia Thaxter, whose family held ownership of the Appledore House.
