Harriet Beecher Stowe Abolition

Imagine a world where slaves were beat, whipped, and put into hard labor, just because of their race. Well Harriet Beecher Stowe was a great abolitionist and actually stopped slavery just by writing a book. Interesting facts about Harriet are that her mother and father (Roxana Beecher and Lyman Beecher) had eleven children, Harriet's father was "a leading Congregationalist minister and the patriarch of a family committed to social justice." "Stowe achieved national fame for her anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which fanned the flames of sectionalism before the Civil War. Stowe died in Hartford, Connecticut, on July 1, 1896." biography.com "Her brother was the famous Congregational preacher Henry Ward Beecher." shmoop.com

First of all,
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a white woman from the North and she was totally against slavery. Harriet was a novelist and she wrote many many books, but the most famous book she wrote was "Uncle Tom's Cabin", A book about the horrors and injustices of slavery. Back then when Harriet wrote this book, the South had many plantations and slaves. Harriet hated slavery so much so she decided to write this book. Many people from the north (sometimes the south as well) read this and thought, "Wow! Slavery is horrible." Many people said that Harriet was the woman who started the civil war, and it was probably true.

Secondly, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an amazing, inspiring woman.
One of her quotes is "Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." Harriet was the seventh child of her family and she was one of the most famous and important abolitionists in history. Also, her family moved to Cincinnati in 1832. Her husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe, was a professor of biblical literature. "By 1850, the family had moved to Maine, where, in response to the Fugitive Slave Act of that year, Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), her most celebrated work." History.com

Third, Harriet was an abolitionist who impacted a bunch of people. Millions of people read her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and it impacted people greatly. Many people were shocked by reading this book and they found out what horrible things they were doing in the south. Anyways, Harriet impacted many people with all of her books and her words. A quote from Harriet is "In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful, and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.''
In conclusion, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an incredible abolitionist and she did many great things, such as, she wrote"Uncle Tom's Cabin". Harriet was one of the best abolitionists in history and that is why she is so famous. President Abraham Licoln also joked around with Harriet and told her, "So you're the little lady who started the civil war!" The civil war was a few years after she wrote this
book.
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