Harriet Beecher Stowe

Introduction

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist that is a movement to end slavery, and an author. She was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, United States on July 14, 1811. Stowe wrote around thirty books that included three travel memoirs, novels, and collections of letters and articles. Among them there was the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1852 that depicts the life of African Americans. The novel was Stowe's more-selling anti-slavery novel that shot her to worldwide celebrity and locked her position in the history. The novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, went through the eyes of millions in both, play and novel, shape and made a significant value of Stowe in the United Kingdom and the United States. Thus, her work, her public stand and writing, made Stowe an influential personality around the world. (Hedrick1997, P p 112-32)

Childhood and Education

Harriet Beecher Stowe came into the world after her six siblings as they were, overall, thirteen siblings. She opened her eyes in a religious family. Her father was a religious leader named Lyman Beecher and her mother Roxana was also a religious woman. Stowe's mother was died when she was a five years old girl. Stowe's sister, Catharine Beecher, was an author and an educator and author

Stowe got enrolled in her sister, Catharine's girls' school. Getting education, she received the customarily "male" education in her sister's school. That consisted of, including study of mathematics and languages. When Stowe became twenty one, she indented to move to Cincinnati, Ohio. In the club at seminary, she met Calvin Ellis Stowe and a professor. The professor was enthusiastically opponent of slavery. He got married to the widower, Calvin Ellis Stowe on January 6, 1836. Stowe aided various renegade slaves in their home. They were blessed twin daughters along with other five children.

Family Life

Stowe's ...