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Harriet Beecher Stowe (Leaders of the Civil War Era)
Liz Sonneborn
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Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family where the boys were seen as assets and the girls as second-class citizens. The lack of power for women in the 1800s fueled her outrage against slavery, and she began to write religious periodicals to support her family. Series: Leaders of the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 120 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs, chronology & timeline, sidebars, bibliography, f. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNH. Category: (ES) Secondary; (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family where the boys were seen as assets and the girls as second-class citizens. The lack of power for women in the 1800s fueled her outrage against slavery, and she began to write religious periodicals to support her family. ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" appeared in weekly installments from June 1851 to April 1852 in the antislavery magazine ""National Era"". Eventually published as a novel and a play, ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" argued against slavery, creating a stirring effect on the abolitionist cause and angering the South, where it was banned.Upon meeting Stowe, President Lincoln was ... Read more
Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family where the boys were seen as assets and the girls as second-class citizens. The lack of power for women in the 1800s fueled her outrage against slavery, and she began to write religious periodicals to support her family. ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" appeared in weekly installments from June 1851 to April 1852 in the antislavery magazine ""National Era"". Eventually published as a novel and a play, ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" argued against slavery, creating a stirring effect on the abolitionist cause and angering the South, where it was banned.Upon meeting Stowe, President Lincoln was ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Chelsea House Pub (L)
Condition
New
Series
Leaders of the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
120
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9781604133028
SKU
V9781604133028
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Ref
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About Liz Sonneborn
Liz Sonneborn has written more than 50 books for children and adults, including the Chelsea House titles Vietnamese Americans in The New Immigrants series and The Star-Spangled Banner in the America in Words and Song set.
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