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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was a writer that published more than 30 books in which she expressed her anti-slavery ideas. Her best selling book was Uncle Tom's Cabin, a masterpiece and milestone in the war against slavery.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852. It is the main anti-slavery novel of this period and a masterpiece of American literature. It describes the life of a black slave, faithful in is white owner. The novel is said to have inspired many abolitionists sentiments in the U.S. and that it played a major role in the begging of the Civil War.