Harriet Beecher Stowe

American novelist and abolitionist (1811–1896)

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About

Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1811, is a major figure in the fight against slavery in the United States. Daughter of minister Lyman Beecher, she moved to Cincinnati in 1832, where she witnessed slavery firsthand. Her novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (1852), first serialized, achieved phenomenal success and fueled the abolitionist cause. She wrote more than thirty books, including novels, essays, and travel narratives. She died in Hartford in 1896.

* 1811-06-14 — † 1896-07-01

Major works

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly (1852)novel
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853)documentary essay
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856)novel
The Minister's Wooing (1859)novel
Oldtown Folks (1869)novel

Key milestones

1852Publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which sold over 300,000 copies in the United States within a year.
1862Met President Abraham Lincoln, who reportedly greeted her as 'the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war'.
1910Posthumous induction into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.

Themes

Abolition of slaverySocial justiceDomestic life and religionRole of womenNew England regionalism

Sources: britannica.com · nps.gov · masshist.org

“The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.”

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“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

— Harriet Beecher StoweTheme · Motivation

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“The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.”

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“When you get into a tight Place m and everything goes against you, until it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, it is then when you should never give up, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn. bQ”

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