Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Updated: 9 Dec 2018
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Created byAnanya Jain
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June 14, 1811
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher was
born in Litchfield, Connecticut.1816
Beecher’s mother, Roxanna
Foote Beecher, dies.1824
Harriet begins attending Hartford Female
Seminary, founded by her eldest sister, Catharine.1832
Beecher moves to Cincinnati, Ohio at an age of
21 with her family when her father is selected to
be the president of Lane Theological Seminary.
She joins the Semi-Colon literary and social club.January 6, 1836
Beecher marries theology professor Calvin
Ellis Stowe, and the two have seven
children in the years to come.1849
Stowe’s eighteen-month-old
son, Charley, dies of cholera.1850
Stowe moves to Brunswick, Maine when her husband becomes a professor at Bowdoin College.1850
The passing of the Fugitive Slave Law disturbs both Harriet and her husband, and Harriet has a
vision of a dying slave during a communion service. She soon begins writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin.June 5, 1851
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published in The National Era, an abolitionist periodical.1852
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published in book form with the help of John P. Jewett.1853
Stowe moves to Andover, Massachusetts, her husband accepting the position of theology
professor at Andover Theological Seminary.1864
Stowe moves to Hartford, Connecticut
after Calvin’s retirement. Here
she produces many of her
well-known later works.July 1, 1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe dies
at the age of 85 in Hartford.
She is buried in Andover,
Massachusetts in the Phillips
Academy cemetery.1820
As the Missouri Compromise is developed,
Harriet grows interested in the issue of slavery,
often discussing it with her family.Periods
1832 - 1841
Beecher encounters many free blacks who, having migrated to Ohio for its vibrant shipping
industry, were involved in the Cincinnati riots of 1829, 1836, and 1841 between Irish immigrants
and African Americans.
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