6. Harriet Beecher Stowe

7. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
June 14, 1811
Born Litchfield, Connecticut,
United States
July 1, 1896(1896-07-01) (aged 85)
Died Hartford, Connecticut, United
States
Pen Christopher Crowfield
name

8. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
Spouse(s) Calvin Ellis Stowe
Eliza Taylor, Harriet Beecher,
Children Henry Ellis, Frederick William,
Georgiana May, Samuel
Charles, and Charles Edward.

9. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
He was an American abolitionist (a movement
to end slavery) and author.
Writer, Social Reformer. The
author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," an
antislavery novel of such power that it is
cited among the causes of the American
Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe was also
an advocate of women's rights, religious
tolerance, and educational reform.

10. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
Personal tragedy also stalked
her family, claiming the lives
of 3 of her adult children,
among them her son
Frederick, an alcoholic war
veteran, who disappeared
without a trace in 1870.

11. PLOT is divided in the next chapters:
• Eliza escapes with her son - Tom sold
"down the river“.
• Eliza's family hunted - Tom's life with
St. Clare.
• Tom sold to Simon Legree
• Final section
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin

13. Literary Elements….
Setting
Characters
Plot
Climax
Theme
Resolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin