[305] having been educated at Hartford, Conn., and at the Litchfield Academy. For a short time she lived at Cincinnati, Ohio, where she learned much about the condition of slaves in the South. Her experience is brought out in Uncle Tom's cabin, which was written for the purpose of convincing the North of the horrors which attended the institution of slavery. Among her publications are The Mayflower, or short sketches of the descendants of the Pilgrims (1849); Uncle Tom's cabin, or life among the Lowly, which first appeared in the National era of Washington, D. C., between June, 1851, and April, 1852, and was published in book form in 1852 ; A key to uncle Tom's cabin, Presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded, together with Corroborative statements Verifying the truth of the work (1853) ; a peep into uncle Tom's cabin, for children (1853); Sunny memories of foreign lands (1854); Dred: a tale of the great Dismal Swamp (1856); The Minister's Wooing (1859); Old town Folks (1869); Lady Byron Vindicated, a history of the Byron controversy (1869); Pink and White tyranny (1871); Religious poems (1865); Men of our times (1868); Footsteps of the masters (1876); Poganuc people (1878); and a Dog's Mission (1881). Died in Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1896.
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[305] having been educated at Hartford, Conn., and at the Litchfield Academy. For a short time she lived at Cincinnati, Ohio, where she learned much about the condition of slaves in the South. Her experience is brought out in Uncle Tom's cabin, which was written for the purpose of convincing the North of the horrors which attended the institution of slavery. Among her publications are The Mayflower, or short sketches of the descendants of the Pilgrims (1849); Uncle Tom's cabin, or life among the Lowly, which first appeared in the National era of Washington, D. C., between June, 1851, and April, 1852, and was published in book form in 1852 ; A key to uncle Tom's cabin, Presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded, together with Corroborative statements Verifying the truth of the work (1853) ; a peep into uncle Tom's cabin, for children (1853); Sunny memories of foreign lands (1854); Dred: a tale of the great Dismal Swamp (1856); The Minister's Wooing (1859); Old town Folks (1869); Lady Byron Vindicated, a history of the Byron controversy (1869); Pink and White tyranny (1871); Religious poems (1865); Men of our times (1868); Footsteps of the masters (1876); Poganuc people (1878); and a Dog's Mission (1881). Died in Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1896.
Boston, New York and Chicago. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903.
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