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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.
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Movies 16
Writer 13
Slaves (1969)
Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1811-06-14
Deathday1896-07-01 (85 years old)
Birth NameElizabeth Harriet Beecher
Birth PlaceLitchfield, United States
ReligionProtestantism
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RelationshipsCalvin Ellis Stowe (1836 - 1886)
ChildrenCharles Edward Stowe
FatherLyman Beecher
MotherRoxana Foote Beecher
SiblingsThomas K. Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsHarriet Elisabeth Beecher, Christopher Crowfield, Гарриет Бичер Стоу, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Га́рриет Би́чер-Сто́у
AwardsOhio Women's Hall of Fame, Distinguished Americans series, Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, National Women's Hall of Fame
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