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OCR: Stowe, Harrie Beecher181 1896 Author + the nove Uncle Tom's Cabin who stirred the American conscience about slavery Born the daughter af puritanical New Eng land pastor, Stowe fueled the abolitionist cause in the 1840s and 1850s. After her mamriage ta a professor Calvin Ellis Stowe Harriet and her brothers agitated for repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act af 1850 As part f this HojJa she wrate Uncle Tom's Cabin which was published serially from 1851 to 1852 in the National Era an abolitionist paper. This fictional portrayal of slave life was tremendous success and was said to have crystallized Northerm intalerance for black slavery. When Abraham Lincoln met her he said "Sa you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this big war. The book was eventually transla ated inte many European ...