History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1970 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The idea
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Connecticut and gathered accounts from enslaved people after moving to Ohio, where she heard them directly.
In practice
Her novel serialised in the Free-Soil National Era in eighteen fifty-one.
Where people slip
It appeared as a book in eighteen fifty-two. She was the daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Catharine Beecher, both taught in Unit 13.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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