Harriet Beecher Stowe - Writings
Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe: some notable words from the woman whose book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, brought the issue of slavery to public consciousness.
1845: Letter to Calvin
A letter to her husband with details of the "dark side of domestic life" -- "I am sick of the smell of sour milk, and sour meat, and sour everything...."
1849: Excerpts of Letters to Calvin Stowe
Sad excerpts from several letters, detailing their son Charley's illness and death in a cholera epidemic.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Gutenberg text)
Alternate locations for the Gutenberg text version.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Editions
Color illustrations of many editions; the Second Edition now includes a link to an etext rendition.
1852: Letter to Eliza Cabot Follen
In which she tells the origin of her "deep compassion for ... mothers who are separated from their children."
1853: Letter to Garrison
Reproduction of a letter from Stowe to famed abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, discussing Frederick Douglass.
1854: Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stowe's "prickly" best-seller, explaining and defending the original book.
1854 or 1855: The Christian Slave
Dramatic readings written by Stowe, based on Uncle Tom's Cabin.
1856: Dred; A Tale of the Great, Dismal Swamp
Another anti-slavery novel by Stowe, depicted at this University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee site with just a snippet of the appendix.
1869: House and Home Papers
Stowe's discussion of home life in America -- for instance, a discussion of "help" in New England versus "servants" in Europe versus slavery in the South. Page images.
1873: Woman in Sacred History
Stowe holds up as inspiration many Biblical women, including essays of her own and artwork and poems by others.
1873: The New Housekeeper's Manual
Written with her sister Catherine E. Beecher. A reproduction of the title page and the facing illustration, plus a little information on the Beecher sisters.
1875: Preface to Tell It All
Page vi is Stowe's preface to this tell-all on Mormonism which she hoped would help end polygamy -- to her, another form of slavery.