Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was an American author and abolitionist, whose most famous work, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' stands as a pivotal piece in antebellum American literature. Stowe was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut, as the seventh child of Lyman and Roxana Beecher. She was part of a highly influential family that included ministers, reformers, and educators, which contrib...