Romantic period

Harriet Beecher Stowe

BornJune 14, 1811Litchfield, Connecticut,United States

DiedJuly 1, 1896(1896-07-01) (aged 85)Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Pen name

Christopher Crowfield

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher

Spouse(s) Calvin Ellis Stowe

ChildrenEliza Taylor, Harriet Beecher,Henry Ellis, Frederick William,Georgiana May, SamuelCharles, and Charles Edward.

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher

Writer, Social Reformer. Theauthor of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," an

antislavery novel of such power that it iscited among the causes of the AmericanCivil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe was alsoan advocate of women's rights, religioustolerance, and educational reform.

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher

He was an American abolitionist (a movementto end slavery) and author.

Personal tragedy also stalkedher family, claiming the livesof 3 of her adult children,among them her sonFrederick, an alcoholic warveteran, who disappearedwithout a trace in 1870.

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher

• Eliza escapes with her son - Tom sold"down the river“.

• Eliza's family hunted - Tom's life withSt. Clare.

• Tom sold to Simon Legree• Final section

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