Harriet beecher stowe interesting facts

Jun 14, 1811

Harriet Beecher Born

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher is born in Litchfield, Connecticut. She is one of ten children born to the famous Calvinist preacher Reverend Lyman Beecher and his wife, Roxana Foote Beecher.

1816

Mother Dies

Roxana Beecher dies of tuberculosis.

Reverend Lyman Beecher is now a widower with six surviving children. He remarries a year later and fathers four more children with his new wife.

1820

Introduction to Slavery Controversy

Inspired by the political debate over whether the new state of Missouri should be a free or slave state, Lyman Beecher begins preaching forcefully against slavery.

Young Harriet, not yet ten years old, is deeply affected by his reformist message.

1824

Education

Harriet attends Hartford Female Seminary, a school run by her older sister Catharine. She will begin teaching at the school after graduating.

1832

Moves to Ohio

Harriet Beecher moves with her fami