Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of the most famous abolitionists of slavery. She is known for her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin that enraged the southern slave states while inspiring and motivating the non-slave states in the north to abolish slavery. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was banned in the south in one year and sold 300,000 copies in the north. Although Harriet Beecher Stowe was a Caucasian woman nevertheless she was one of the most significant influences that started the Civil War through her fictional and moving writing.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811. Stowe was born into a large and famous family that had believed in the abolishment of slavery for a long time. Her father, Lyman Beecher was a religious leader in their community. Stowe and her twelve siblings would all have some impact on the abolishment movement. Her brother, Henry Ward Beecher and his six brothers became ministers and spoke out against slavery in each of their communities. One of …show more content…
In the north, the novel was an inspiration to start the war against slavery. It only took one year for the southern states to outlaw Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The southern slave states banned the book because it threatened the southern economy which was run on the back of slaves. The southern states were enraged and they wanted the northern states to ban it as well but they did not. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln met author Harriet Beecher Stowe and greeted her as “So you're the little lady who wrote the book that started this great war.” Stowe was, in fact, the main impact of the war. The south was frustrated that the north would allow such a novel against slavery and the north were exposed to what the southern states were doing with their slaves and they knew that slavery was inhumane, a social injustice and had to
Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of the most famous abolitionists of slavery. She is known for her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin that enraged the southern slave states while inspiring and motivating the non-slave states in the north to abolish slavery. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was banned in the south in one year and sold 300,000 copies in the north. Although Harriet Beecher Stowe was a Caucasian woman nevertheless she was one of the most significant influences that started the Civil War through her fictional and moving writing.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811. Stowe was born into a large and famous family that had believed in the abolishment of slavery for a long time. Her father, Lyman Beecher was a religious leader in their community. Stowe and her twelve siblings would all have some impact on the abolishment movement. Her brother, Henry Ward Beecher and his six brothers became ministers and spoke out against slavery in each of their communities. One of …show more content…
In the north, the novel was an inspiration to start the war against slavery. It only took one year for the southern states to outlaw Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The southern slave states banned the book because it threatened the southern economy which was run on the back of slaves. The southern states were enraged and they wanted the northern states to ban it as well but they did not. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln met author Harriet Beecher Stowe and greeted her as “So you're the little lady who wrote the book that started this great war.” Stowe was, in fact, the main impact of the war. The south was frustrated that the north would allow such a novel against slavery and the north were exposed to what the southern states were doing with their slaves and they knew that slavery was inhumane, a social injustice and had to