Harriet Beecher Stowe Essay

Harriet Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the oldest of eleven( nine from her biologic mother and father, three from step-mother and biologic father). Her biologic mother Roxanna past way when Harriet was only five years of age. As for her father, he was a religious leader. All seven of her brothers grew up to be ministers, which would include Henry Ward Beecher. Catharine Beecher grew up to be an author and a teacher. Isabella,another one of her sisters grew up to be a leader in the cause for women's rights. When it comes to her education, she enrolled in a school run by her sister Catharine, taking the same classes that are normally for young men. When she turned 21, Harriet migrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where her dad gained the title of commander in highest esteem of the Lane Theological Seminary. Her father held a tenacious stance regarding abolitions. Her father's beliefs rubbed off on his children,especially Stowe. Stowe went off to …show more content…
After congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850, she decided to express her beliefs through her writing. In 1851, the first phase of her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it was emerged within National Era. Within the first year after publication it became a bestseller, number 2 in the country(after the Bible). Stowe's’ book made feelings run high for many different reasons. One reasons that emotions were high were because of the touchy subject. Stowe’s book was a bestseller in the north, mostly because the north wanted to end slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was banned in the South because they wanted to keep slavery. Her book caused the split between the North and the South to increase tremendously.Thereafter the Civil War started Lincoln invited Stowe to the White House and was supposedly credited to have said” So you're the little lady who wrote the book that started this great war” referencing her