Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Library
Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852, when she was 41, portrayed the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse endured by enslaved people. It became a best-seller in the United States, England, Europe, and Asia. This home, her last, was built in 1871 and is a smaller version of the adjacent Twain residence. (The authors moved into their respective residences within a year of each other, when Stowe was in her 60s and Twain was nearing 40.) Displays illustrate nineteenth-century women's history, including suffrage, as well as African-American history and racial attitudes in the U.S.
Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852, when she was 41, portrayed the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse endured by enslaved people. It became a best-seller in the United States, England, Europe, and Asia. This home, her last, was built in 1871 and is a smaller version of the adjacent Twain residence. (The authors moved into their respective residences within a year of each other, when Stowe was in her 60s and Twain was nearing 40.) Displays illustrate nineteenth-century women's history, including suffrage, as well as African-American history and racial attitudes in the U.S.
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