The Pearl of Orr's Island

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was an American abolitionist and author, renowned for her seminal work, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', a novel that exposed the harsh realities of slavery and fomented anti-slavery sentiment before the American Civil War. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, she was the seventh of thirteen children of the famous minister Lyman Beecher. With a staunch evangelical upbringing and ...