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Harriet Beecher Stowe, engraving, 1872, after an oil painting by Alonzo Chappel. Illustration of Eliza carrying her son across icy stepping stones on the Ohio River at night, pursued by three men, from an 1870 theatrical poster for Uncle Tom's Cabin. Scene from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin showing the body of Uncle Tom, who has been beaten to death by slave owner Simon Legree, and the angels, including Eva, awaiting his presence in heaven. Illustration from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin that depicts Eva's death, c. 1870. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Harriet Beecher Stowe, c. 1880 Topsy (left) and Little Eva, characters from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851–52); lithograph by Louisa Corbaux, 1852. Color illustration from Uncle Tom's Cabin showing a slave auction scene, with a group of enslaved people on a platform and a trader examining a man for sale in front of a crowd.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, engraving, 1872, after an oil painting by Alonzo Chappel.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, engraving, 1872, after an oil painting by Alonzo Chappel.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

American writer and educator
Also known as: Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (born June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.—died July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an 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. Harriet Beecher was a member of one of the 19th century’s most remarkable families. The daughter of the prominent Congregationalist minister Lyman Beecher and the...

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