Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) and Husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802-1886)

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was an American writer and humanitarian who was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852). This was the first American novel with a black man as a hero. It exposed the evils of slavery to the American public. Although Stowe was over forty when she wrote her first book, she wrote an average of a book a year for thirty years. The sixteen-volume "Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe" appeared in 1896. Calvin Ellis Stowe was an educator and professor of religion and ancient languages. Stowe taught at Dartmouth, Bowdoin, and Andover Theological Seminary and wrote several books on the Bible.

Date:
1855 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Daguerreotype
Item#:
MES20707
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1612px
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1271px
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