Harriet Beecher Stowe  |
She became famous for writing a book entitled Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book described what it was like to live as a slave in the southern states. Many people read this book and got very upset about slavery. Uncle Tom's Cabin is one of the most famous books in American history. Slavery was one of the issues which led to the Civil War between the northern and southern states. People in the south wanted slaves to help harvest the cotton crop. People in the north didn't agree with slavery and wanted to end it. Many people in the north hid slaves from their owners by moving the slaves from house to house. This network which moved slaves from the southern states to the northern states was called the “Underground Railroad.” Harriet also wrote a book about her childhood in Litchfield called Poganuc People.
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