Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published - March 20, 1852
Today in History, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is published in 1852. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of this book, was the seventh child of a Congregationalist minister. She was married to Calvin Ellis Stowe with whom she had seven children.
Later in life she encountered fugitive slaves, and, as a reaction to the fugitive slave laws, she wrote, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", the book for which she is well known for. Her writings played a major part in the way Americans changed their views on slavery. She 'danced in the street' when she heard Lincoln's announcement that the slaves were set free. She died in 1896.
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