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Harriet Beecher Stowe   /hˈɛriət bˈitʃər stoʊ/   Listen
Harriet Beecher Stowe

noun
1.
United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896).  Synonyms: Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Stowe.






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"Harriet Beecher Stowe" Quotes from Famous Books



... return to the story: Soon after the "interview" between Miss King and myself, I received the following note from Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe—the renowned Authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." A "divine-hearted woman," this, as Horace Mann hath rightly called her, and more precious than rubies to me is her kind ...
— The American Prejudice Against Color - An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got - Into An Uproar. • William G. Allen

... a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as if you could not hold on a minute longer," said Harriet Beecher Stowe, "never give up then, for that's just the place and time that the ...
— Architects of Fate - or, Steps to Success and Power • Orison Swett Marden

... woman. It is so written in the book of fate. Make all your calculations accordingly. Get a good stock of health and brush up your mind. Drop the E. out of your name. It only incumbers it and interferes with the flow and euphony. Write yourself fully and always Harriet Beecher Stowe, which is a name euphonious, flowing, and full of meaning. Then my word for it, your husband will lift up his head in the gate, and your children will rise up and call ...
— The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe • Charles Edward Stowe

... Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin, did that for her own good. She had her own interests at heart and I don't like her, Lincoln, or none of the crowd. The Yankees helped free us, so they say, but they let us be put back ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States • Various



Words linked to "Harriet Beecher Stowe" :   abolitionist, writer, author, emancipationist



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