Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a novelist and abolitionist who is best known for her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which was first published in 1852 and became an instant classic. When the novel was published, it depicted life in the United States during that time period, which emboldened the North and enraged the South. Stowe was the author of 30 novels, including three trip memoirs, during her lifetime.
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