Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811. Her father was Lyman Beecher, a Congregationalist minister from Harriet's hometown of Litchfield, Connecticut. Harriet's brother was Henry Ward Beecher, who became pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn. Harriet's family's religious and New England background taught her several traits typical of a New Englander: theological insight, piety, and a desire to better humanity (Columbia Electronic Library ; “Biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe”). Harriet studied and helped as a teacher at the Western Female Institute, a school in Hartford, Connecticut, that her sister Catherine had founded. Harriet moved with her father to Cincinnati, Ohio, following her father's religious appointment. Harriet's teaching career ended when she married widower Calvin Stowe. Across the Cincinnati River was Kentucky, home of Calvin Stowe. Kentucky was a slave state, and Harriet was able to experience the horrors of slavery herself. Additionally, Harriet's new home with Stowe was a "station" along the "Underground Railroad", and Harriet had even more experience and interaction with slaves. Harriet was always creative as a child and loved to write. Her anger toward slavery, as well as her sister-in-law's encouragement to "use her skills to aid the cause of abolition" (Wells), inspired Harriet to write Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wells; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee). Harriet began writing Uncle Tom's Cabin as a serial or episodic story. These episodes were published in the National Era, a national newspaper in which Harriet had already published several abolitionist serials. Harr...... middle of paper ....../nj.essortment.com/biographyharrie_rthp.htm>.Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. "Stowe, Harriet Beecher". Date of last revision unknown. January 6, 2002. .Mark, Mary. “Harriet Beecher Stowe.” Date of last revision unknown. January 5, 2002. .Thornton, Tracey. “Between abolition rhetoric and feminism: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.” 1998. January 8, 2002. .University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. “The Classic Text: Harriet Beecher Stowe.” November 19, 2001. January 5, 2002. .Wells, Kim. “Harriet Beecher Stowe.” August 28, 1999. January 6 2002. .