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By Jessie Prendergast and Camryn Wales

The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe

1. I was born in in Litchfield, Ct

2. In , my mother, Roxanna Beecher died when I was only five years old

Quiz

How many Siblings did I have?

3. My father and all seven of my brothers were minsters. They influenced my beliefs on slavery and greatly inspired me to write many of my books.

4. I became the first student to become a teacher at Hartford Female Seminary

5. I was 21 years old when I moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where my father became president of Lane Theological Seminary.

I met and married Calvin Stowe, a theology professor I describe as "rich in Greek & Hebrew, Latin & Arabic, & alas! rich in nothing else

6. I had seven children with the man I was with for 50 years. I had the twins, Harriet and Eliza born in both lived till the s but neither married.

7. My next child was a boy Henry Ellis born Henry died at age 19 in a swimming accident Stows grief from the loss of my child gave me the insperation to write Minister's W

Lyman

Beecher:

&#;The father of more brains than any man in America&#;

Harriet Beecher Stowe née Harriet Elisabeth Beecher, was born June 14, , in Litchfield, CT to the Rev. Lyman Beecher () and Roxana Foote Beecher ( ), the seventh of Lyman&#;s thirteen children; though only eleven lived to adulthood. The Beechers were one of the most influential families of the 19th century.

Roxana Foote (), was Lyman Beecher&#;s first wife and Harriet&#;s mother. She and Lyman married in ; Roxana was a granddaughter of Revolutionary General Andrew Ward, was literate, artistic, and read mathematical and scientific treatises for pleasure. She had nine children.

 

Lyman Beecher was among the best-known clergymen of the first half of the s. He began attracting national attention in the s when he preached anti-slavery sermons in response to the Missouri Compromise. Lyman&#;s conservative beliefs, charisma and dynamic preaching affected all his children. He taught them that a personal commitment was necessary for their spiritual salvation, but he also taught them to think for themselves and to ask questions. The Beecher children grew into adults who shared their father&#;s

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (–)

American author whose best-known work, Uncle Tom's Cabin, helped to change the course of American history.Born Harriet Beecher on June 14, , in Litchfield, Connecticut; died on July 1, , in Hartford, Connecticut, of brain congestion complicated by partial paralysis; daughter of Lyman Beecher (d. , a cleric) and Roxana (Foote) Beecher (d. ); attended Litchfield Female Academy, –24, and then Hartford Female Seminary where she became a full-time instructor in ; married Calvin Ellis Stowe, on January 6, (died ); children: Elizaand Harriet Stowe (twins, b. September ); Henry Ellis Stowe (January –); Frederick William Stowe (b. May ); Georgiana May Stowe (b. August ); Samuel Charles Stowe (–); Charles Edward Stowe (b. July , author and his mother's biographer).

Death of mother (); moved to Cincinnati with her family (); published first writings in Western Monthly Magazine (); moved with husband and children to Brunswick, Maine (); publishedUncle Tom's Cabin as a book (); moved with family to Andover, Massachusetts (); traveled to Europe for first time (); published second novel Dred (); oldest son Henry drowned (); published first New Eng

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Birthplace: Connecticut

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Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author that was most well-known for her social activism and anti-slavery book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Her belief in social justice pushed the already volatile topic of slavery so that people in all parts of the world understood its horrors.

  • Born in in Litchfield, Connecticut, her father was a religious leader, and she was one of thirteen children. Harriet’s mother died when she was a child, and the religious influence in the family was such that many of her brothers became ministers. One of her sisters became a teacher and an author, affecting many of the social ideas that Harriet had, while an additional sister led the women’s rights movement.
  • Harriet was educated in a school that was run by one of her sisters and was instructed in the same course selections that were usually only taught to male children. By the time Harriet was 21, she had relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, to be with her father, who was the leader of the Lane Theological Seminary.
  • Her father felt strongly against slavery and was an abolitionist that fought against the Cincinnati riots that were for slav

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