Harriet Beecher Stowe 
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have ‘helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War’.
(from wikipedia.org)

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Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) was an American abolitionist and author.

She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans.

The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South.
(from wikipedia.org)