print email comment close Harriet Beecher Stowe Center URL: http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org Description: "Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) is best known today as the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which helped galvanize the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War." This site provides information about her life and writings, her house in Hartford, Connecticut, digitized documents, bibliographies, and links to related sites. Publisher: Harriet Beecher Stowe House Library of Congress Subject Headings: Abolitionists American literature -- 19th century Authors, American People Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Women authors LII Database Information: Record 73 created by Maria Brandt on 10/25/2004 Last modification on 02/27/2005 Published: 10/25/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/73