Harriet Beecher Stowe died in 1896.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wanted to help people see how cruel slavery was.

She spoke out against slavery to different groups.

Harriet Beecher Stowe married a teacher and had seven children.

She wrote a book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, about the injustices of slavery.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was a hard worker.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was against slavery.

Harriet Beecher Stowe lived a worry free life.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was a slave fighting for freedom.

Born in 1811, Stowe was the seventh child of a famous preacher.

Stowe made her characters so real that readers truly cared about them.

Horrified by what she saw, Stowe decided to speak out against slavery.

She used her reputation to keep speaking to groups about the evils of slavery.

As she got a little older, she taught school, where she met and married Calvin Stowe, a fellow teacher.

By then, Stowe and her family were living in Ohio.

Born in 1811, Stowe was the seventh child of a famous preacher.

Stowe's book aimed to help people to see how cruel slavery was.

She was a witness to history and a voice against injustice, to be sure, but first, she was a girl.

As she got a little older, she taught school, where she met and married Calvin Stowe, a fellow teacher.

Stowe made her characters so real that readers truly cared about them.

They had seven children together, but Stowe still found time to write short stories about family life.

Stowe didn't really start the war, but she did make thousands of people more aware of the injustice of slavery.

Stowe had planned to write just three or four of these chapters, but soon her readers were caught up in the story.

Unlike ordinary books of poetry, science, or romantic stories, Stowe's book aimed to help people to see how cruel slavery was.

To illustrate the importance of the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin

To explain to the readers how Harriet started the Civil War

To inform the readers the impact Harriet Beecher Stowe had on slavery

To introduce Abraham Lincoln and his dislike for Harriet Beecher Stowe