Unit 4: The Secret Road to Freedom (1ère G-gr2)
Those who diced with death: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a white woman who was a
famous abolitionist and author in the 19th
century. She wrote a famous novel entitled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”.
She was also a mother, but she lost her son who died
of cholera at a young age. After this sad event, she connected the death of her
child with the slave mothers’ experiences who lost their children because of
slavery. This is the event that made her become an abolitionist. In her book,
she humanized the slaves she depicted by giving them emotions.
Her words impacted the image of slavery in the USA in
the 19th century to shed light on the fact that it was an unfair
system. Her book became very famous, in fact 245,000
copies were sold back then. Her work is a continuation of the struggle led by
previous abolitionist authors such as Frederick Douglass. Hence, her book contributed in changing the minds of
Americans to put an end to slavery and give back human rights to the enslaved.
Homework: Learn the lesson.
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