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Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', is born

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans.

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