Harriet Beecher Stowe Thesis

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Harriet beecher stowe
Harriet beecher stowe was born on june 14, 1811 in litchfield connecticut. She went to school in pierce academy. In 1832 her family moved to Cincinnati where her father Lyman Beecher was appointed President of Lane Theological Seminary. Spectacle of chattel slavery across the river in kentucky and its effects on the acacvie scent commercial interests of white cincinnati move her deeply. In 1836 she married Calvin Ellis stowe. In 1849 the death of her son. In 1850 her family moved to maine in 1852 stowe wrote Uncle Toms Cabin before the civil war her most celebrated work sentimental. In 1850 congress passed the fugitive slave law prompting distress and distress in abolitionist stowe decided to express her feeling through a literary representation of slavery. …show more content…

where she met Abraham Lincoln. Stowe book uncle tomś cabin played a significant role in accelerating the movement to abolish slavery in the United States. Stowe goal was to write something that would make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery. Stowe's books told stories of people treated as property personalizing slavery like its never be done before. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote over 30 novels . in 1851 her book was originally was a serial in the anti slavery newspaper called National Era. harriet Beecher Stowe mom dead and Harriet was sent to live with her aunt Harriet Foote where she learned to read and learned catechism. The stowes talk to slaves that had escaped ohio who participated in the underground railroad. In 1873 when they moved to a home on forest street they counted mark twain and his family among their neighbors and