My Wife and I (eBook, ePUB) - Beecher Stowe, Harriet
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In 1852, the United States of America was anything but united. The divisive issue of slavery was roiling the nation, which argued ad nauseam about the extension of slavery in new states as the nation pushed westward. Less than a decade later, Americans would fight each other in a Civil War that would claim over half a million lives before it was all said and done. That same year, Harriet Beecher Stowe, an ardent abolitionist in the Northeast, published her famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin , which became an instant hit in the United States and spawned Southern responses in…mehr

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In 1852, the United States of America was anything but united. The divisive issue of slavery was roiling the nation, which argued ad nauseam about the extension of slavery in new states as the nation pushed westward. Less than a decade later, Americans would fight each other in a Civil War that would claim over half a million lives before it was all said and done.
That same year, Harriet Beecher Stowe, an ardent abolitionist in the Northeast, published her famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin , which became an instant hit in the United States and spawned Southern responses in literature that depicted slavery as a benign institution. Given the debate that Uncle Tom's Cabin helped spawn, historians have viewed Stowe's classic as a harbinger of the Civil War itself. A famous anecdote holds that Abraham Lincoln himself, upon meeting Stowe, described her as "the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."
While that quote is likely apocryphal, the historical importance of Uncle Tom's Cabin remains well understood today, but the book is also remembered today for certain depictions and stereotypes of black people. These stereotypes include the affable "mammy," the "pickaninny" stereotype of black children; and, of course, an "Uncle Tom", which has ironically become a pejorative for a person who suffers dutifully for his boss. 

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Autorenporträt
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut, to Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote. Raised in a deeply religious family, she was educated at the Hartford Female Seminary, which was founded by her sister. Her intellectual and spiritual upbringing shaped her later work as a writer and social critic. She married Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836, a biblical scholar and professor who shared her passion for reform causes. The couple had seven children, and much of her writing was completed while balancing motherhood and activism. Stowe gained national recognition with the publication of her groundbreaking novel Uncle Tom s Cabin, a work that exposed the cruelty of slavery and influenced public opinion in the years leading to the Civil War. Her strong moral views and vivid depictions of injustice made her a prominent voice in the abolitionist movement. Beyond her most famous work, she published numerous novels, essays, and articles that explored issues of religion, gender roles, and social reform. Her literary contributions extended well into the postwar years, making her a significant figure in American cultural and political life. She died on July 1, 1896, in Hartford, Connecticut.