Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811 1896 and her novel

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811– 1896) and her novel “Uncle Tom's Cabin” Olexandra Kuzma Form 11 A School 5 Teacher : N. G. Savko

Harriet Beecher Stowe l l Was born in Connecticut Her father was a leading Congregationalist minister She was one of 13 children Harriet studied in girl’s school l l l Famous author Philanthropist Social activist American abolitionist Fighter for the rights and justice Showed the life of slaves

Along with their interest in literature, Harriet and her husband Calvin Stowe shared a strong belief in abolition. In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law, prompting distress and distress in abolitionist and free black communities of the North. Stowe decided to express her feelings through a literary representation of slavery, basing her work on the life of Josiah Henson and on her own observations. In 1851, the first installment of Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, appeared in the National Era.

Harriet’s family was part of the burgeoning movement to abolish slavery. She wrote the abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, a book that quickly became a topic of polarizing national discussion. Harriet Beecher Stowe used the power of the pen to prompt a debate about change centered around the social movement of abolitionism.

Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852) The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the issue of slavery home to millions of Americans. The story, which helped galvanize the abolitionist movement, is a dramatic—if somewhat patronizing—portrayal of the pain and heartbreak suffered by slaves throughout the South. It sold 500, 000 copies in its first four years in print, a record in book sales. Contemporaries believed that much of the sectional strife following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was due to Stowe's influence. While Uncle Tom's Cabin did not start the war, it did bring into focus the severe brutality of slavery

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