Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author born in 1811. Among her thirty works, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was one of the most influential books in the United States at the time, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. The novel dealt with the issue of slavery in America. Themes of abolitionism were contained in the plot, which aroused many people in the country to advocate for the rights of southern slaves. The title of the book itself because a racial slur over time. In the opinion of many people, Harriet Beecher Stowe indirectly began the Civil War, including Abraham Lincoln.
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe