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Definition of Harriet Beecher Stowe
1. Noun. United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896).
Generic synonyms: Abolitionist, Emancipationist, Author, Writer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Literary usage of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) BY GEORGE S. MERRIAM Harriet Beecher Stowe
shared the general conditions of inheritance and nurture which bred the ..."
2. The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom by Wilbur Henry Siebert (1898)
"The observations and experience that made possible for Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
the writing of this remarkable book were gained by her while living at ..."
3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"TRIBUTE TO Harriet Beecher Stowe [Address of Henry Ward Beecher * at the festival
given by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company at Newtonville, Mass., ..."
4. A History of American Literature by Percy Holmes Boynton (1919)
"CHAPTER XX Harriet Beecher Stowe AND HERMAN MELVILLE The name of Harriet Beecher
Stowe (1811-1896) is not so well known as the title of her most famous ..."
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