Tiffany Soule as Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher, the sixth of eight children to Lyman Beecher and his wife Roxanna Foote Beecher, was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut. She moved to Cincinnati with her family in the early 1830s and it was there that she met her husband Calvin Stowe. Her seminal work, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is credited with fueling the abolitionist cause and contributing to the end of slavery in the United States.

Appearances

Tent Show
7 p.m., Sunday, June 22, 2003 at Ohio State Lima

Lima Public Library
2 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Harriet Beecher Stowe reads from her famous book Uncle Tom’s Cabin and discusses the nature of slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law with families at the Lima Public Library Auditorium.

Fort Amanda Historic Site Frontier Ohio Day Camp
Thursday, June 19, 2003

During this bicentennial year, discover what life in the 1800s was like. Participants will explore pioneer traditions and skills as they have the opportunity to make candles, work with shaving horse and buck saw. Costumed re-enactors will visit each day and share stories of Ohio’s past. OAIP’s Annie Oakley will be there on Wednesday and Harriet Beecher Stowe on Thursday. Call the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District at (419) 221-1232 for more information.