Career

Harriet Beecher Stowe was a teacher at Hartford Female Acadamy and Western Female Institute, but she is better known as an author and abolitionist. In 1850, she wrote her first adult novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, a touching story that spoke out against slavery. She also wrote the novel Dred, another anti-slavery book, but Uncle Tom's Cabin is better known. The best-selling novel is centered around a slave called Uncle Tom. He is a firm believer in Christianity. Uncle Tom was sold to a cruel slave owner by the name of Simon Legree, who abused him. He comforts his fellow slaves and encourages them to escape. When two of them do, Tom refuses to tell Simon Legree what happened to them, resulting in him being killed.