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Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe; etching by Francis Holl, 1853. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe; etching by Francis Holl, 1853. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

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Harriet Beecher Stowe, seated with brother Henry Ward Beecher and father Dr. Lyman Beecher. American author and abolitionist, 14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896. Drawing after a photograph, artist unknown. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Harriet Beecher Stowe, seated with brother Henry Ward Beecher and father Dr. Lyman Beecher. American author and abolitionist, 14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896. Drawing after a photograph, artist unknown.  (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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A poster advertising Harriet Beecher Stowe's best-selling anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' written in 1852. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

A poster advertising Harriet Beecher Stowe's best-selling anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' written in 1852. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and abolitionist, 14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896. Presentation plate portrait from The Bookman, September 1911. Artist unknown. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and abolitionist, 14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896. Presentation plate portrait from The Bookman, September 1911. Artist unknown.  (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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US novelist Harriet Stowe nee Beecher (1811 - 1896), author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

US novelist Harriet Stowe nee Beecher (1811 - 1896), author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.   (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)