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Harriet is born.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. -
Harriet's mother dies.
When Harriet is only five years old, her mother, Roxana Foote Beecher, dies. Her mother was a millworker with ten children, including Harriet. She passed away due to consumption or tuberculosis. She was believe to die in Litchfield, Connecticut, Harriet's birthplace. -
Harriet attends Hartford Female Seminary
Stowe attended Catherine Beecher's (her sister's) academy that exposed and taught young women to the courses that were available to men. In her schoolwork, her tendency for writing was very clear. She later became a teacher here. -
Harriet moves to Cincinnati with her father.
Stowe's father accepted the position of president at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he moved there, she went with him. There she met many abolitionists. -
Harriet wrote her first book.
Inspired by the West, Stowe wrote "Primary Geography for Children". The textbook included the diverse cultures she encountered. This was where her writing career started. -
Harriet gets married.
Harriet met and married Calvin Stowe, who was a professor at Lane Seminary. He encouraged Harriet's writing. They had seven children together. -
Harriet becomes an abolitionist.
While in Cincinnati, Stowe witnessed thousands of fugitive slaves escaping through the Underground Railroad from Kentucky, where slavery was legal. Stowe also became friends of many Ohio abolitionists, who influenced her beliefs. The stories she heard of slavery later lead to her biggest accomplishment, "Uncle Toms Cabin". -
A Turning Point.
Stowe's son died in a cholera epidemic that killed almost 3,000 people in that area. Once her son died, she said that the loss of her son gave her great empathy for enslaved mothers whose children were taken away from them. -
Harriet is inspired.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 caused lots of distress in abolitionist and free black communities. Harriet begins to compose Uncle Tom's Cabin. She writes to express her opinions on slavery. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Harriet's greatest accomplishment, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was published two years later. It told the stories of how slaves were treated in the Southern slave states. This caused lots of tension between the North and South, since the North believed it was evil and the South called it propaganda. -
Harriet moves back to Connecticut.
After many years of fame, speeches, writing, and more, Harriet and her family move to Hartford, Connecticut. Harriet was involved in efforts to launch the Hartford Art School, but her life in Connecticut was peaceful, sometimes vacationing to Florida. Harriet stayed here till her death in 1896. -
Harriet dies.
Harriet Beecher Stowe passes away in Hartford, Connecticut. She made a big impact for the end of slavery. She has many sites for people to visit since she has died.
