Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an author and social activist, best known for her abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. She was a founder of The Atlantic.

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  1. A Reply

    The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin urges the women of England to action against slavery

    A pencil portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Library of Congress
  2. Our Florida Plantation

    “Our brave captains who had come safe through many battles were defeated and routed on this field by an army which came by night, without banner or band of music.”

  3. Captain Kidd's Money

    In Harriet Beecher Stowe's moralistic short story, the tale's narrator recounts for an audience of curious boys the story of the legendary Captain Kidd and his haunted stash of ill-gotten gains.