Life of the Writer
"Her personality was...very engaged with life. . And so when she saw people who were taking something away from other people or making their lives difficult or oppressing them, then she would get really angry, and thats why she got angry about slavery. So as a person I would describe her as very intelligent, … very loyal and someone who could be really passionate about social issues."
~Prof. Koester |
Harriet Beecher was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut where her father, Lyman Beecher was a minister and inspired his children with his religious convictions. The Bible was central in the lives of the whole Beecher family. As a writer, Harriet Beecher instilled religion into all her compositions from a young age. After they moved to Cincinnati, Harriet came in contact with freed and runaway slaves observing the desperate conditions of Kentucky.
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Stowe's Experiences: |
"When she was growing up, Harriet Beecher became close to her family's black servants ... Her writing skills enabled her to churn out magazine tales and articles ... In these early writings, we see where Uncle Tom's Cabin came from."
"By choosing to be an abolitionist author, in the 1850's, she is saying that I am responsible. She had written other books and she could have written about anything; love stories….. but she chose to write about the cruelties of slavery." ~Prof. Willaims |
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