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I think that, in order to preserve the honesty of this article, that a number of misleadings need to be addressed. For example, it should be noted that Stowe NEVER EVER visited a plantation or even saw slavery first hand. -- 68.18.179.64 02:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I just uploaded an image of Stowe's bust at the Hall of Fame and thought I'd put it here in case you want to use it in the main article. H0n0r 16:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Didn't she have another sister? Catherine Beecher, who invented housekeeping —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.177.188 ( talk) 07:36, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
She died in Andover MA, the information there is incorrect
and she collaborated with her sister on the book mentioned
66.243.144.178 04:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Some attention should be made to HBS's rather bizarre Christian feminist views! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.212.8.153 ( talk) 14:39, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
In the section where it lists (some) of her children, it does not mention at all her son and biographer Charles Edward Stowe (although there is a footnote to that book in the article). Also not mentioned is grandson and author Lyman Beecher Stowe (wrote a biography of Booker T. Washington and Saints, Sinners and Beechers about his well-known family). Raznap ( talk) 21:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Couldn't there be something said about her work as it is reflected in the African American community in the past and present? I was surprised that this article does not mention the phrase "Uncle Tom" or "Tommin'" that has been appropriated by the majority of Black people to refer to someone who is selling out their own in order to please and be close to white people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.45.40 ( talk) 17:29, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
claiming stowe was familiar with slavery and could accurately comment on it because ohio borders kentucky is like saying sarah palin has foreign policy experience because alaska is near russia. WillC ( talk) 23:01, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Could we get a picture and an "info box" for this article? I dont know the actual name for the template, but its the one that boxes and shows the date of birth/death, where born, full name, etc.-- TheNuGai ( talk) 19:04, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
The article describes Eliza as the main character of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which is a dubious assertion at best. Tom and his masters clearly seem to serve as the central characters, whereas Eliza appears in sparsely occurring additions to her escape subplot.
"...Her first children, twin girls Harriet and Eliza (the main character of Uncle Tom's Cabin was named after Eliza)..."
So should this be edited to say something along the lines of "(a significant character in... was named after Eliza)", or is there some good reason why this is in? TVTMaster ( talk) 21:59, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Wow, this article is a mess... Where are all the standard features of a biographical character as they are normally set up in Wikipedia? There is no life story, other than the introduction and even that leaves a lot to be desired. Isn't it normal for historical contributors to have some biographical facts and chronologies associated with them? The bulk of this article seems to be missing and the rest of what is here, is terribly disorganized. This article really needs to be developed and cleaned up. Stevenmitchell ( talk) 15:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
It seems that most of this article has not yet been written. In actuality, there is very little detail of any biographical or documentary nature of her life or work, other than than landmarks associated with her life. Considering that she wrote more than 20 books and was one of the more publicly influential writers of the 19th century in the United States, shouldn't there be more than 3 sentences devoted to her biography? Stevenmitchell ( talk) 23:36, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
According to a number of things I've read, that Lincoln quote is apocryphal. I'll try to run down a good source on that. KathleenFuller ( talk) 22:41, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Why was all of the older discussion deleted? Raznap ( talk) 19:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
In the 19th century, a "Female Seminary" was very different from a theological seminary, and the juxtaposition might be confusing in the article. Tried to disambiguate a little... AnonMoos ( talk) 15:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone want to collaborate on re-writing this article and improving its quality? I'd like to see it get to at least Good Article by her bicentennial in June and would love help. -- Midnightdreary ( talk) 20:52, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm looking in into making edits on this article. I intend to expand her list of works and add on to her biography. The fact that her father was a Calvinist preacher or the official name of her sister's seminary are not included and I aim to fix that. I'll continuing doing research into what else can be added. I hoped I'll be of help. Mike Tem ( talk) 05:47, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
"Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “passion for the plight of the slave” gave way to a preoccupation with decorating houses." according to a book review in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/books/review/book-review-america-aflame-how-the-civil-war-created-a-nation-by-david-goldfield.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3 Kdammers ( talk) 04:17, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Under "Uncle Tom's Cabin and Civil War", an quotation is made without verification from any outside source: "I only pray that God Almighty shall bring this cruelty to a swift end." This quotation should be removed until verification from a reliable primary source can be obtained, particularly considering that many other websites (among them Amazon.com, Answers.com, and Ask.com) are now citing this potentially false quotation.
RylinM ( talk) 02:53, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Interesting discovery, a book giving advice to American women on everyday life, written after the Civil War, by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catharine Beecher. I'm surprised not to see Wikipedia mentioning this one. 198.151.130.54 ( talk) 17:09, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Harriet Beecher Stowe by Francis Holl.JPG will be appearing as picture of the day on June 14, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-06-14. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! — howcheng { chat} 22:52, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Harriet Beecher Stowe visited Britain in 1853 and 1856, she published details of the second visit in "Sunny Memories". She was a supporter of the Duchess of Sutherland, a large landowner in the Highlands of Scotland. Large numbers of the Duchess's tenants had been evicted from land that they had occupied for generations. Land that supported 10,000 people now supported 40 sheep farmers. The Duchess of Sutherland was in turn a supporter of Harriet's stance on slavery. It is just ironic that one her supporters (the Duchess) was responsible for the inhuman treatment of thousands through her involvement in the Highland Clearances. 220.253.35.69 ( talk) 12:14, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Reference : The Highland Clearances, John Prebble, Secker& Warburg 1963
After several months of this, and a recent request for page protection, one of the multiple accounts adding the following content has now provided sources [1].
The current version reads : Stowe, with a home full of playful children, found it difficult to concentrate and write in their home and so rented a room in a home owned by Mrs. Lamb on 183 Park Row. in Brunswick, ME. Mrs. Lamb's house was purchased later in 1910 by James W. Coffin and moved to its present location of 28 College Street. This house is across from the Bowdoin College campus and is still owned by Coffin's granddaughter. This is where Harriet Beecher Stowe would pen one of the most important pieces of American literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that would eventually bring about the end of slavery.
Now, I suspect this may have been copied from an outside source; the first and last sentences read like they came straight from a guidebook. As for the rest, I'm not sure that 'A Tour of Brunswick Homes and Harpswell Islands sponsored by the Pejepscot Historical Society July 19, 1960' or 'Historic Preservation Survey reference from town of Brunswick, ME: 183 Park Row Mrs. Lamb sold to James W. Coffin in 1910' are reliable sources. Any assistance from someone with knowledge of the subject's life is welcome. JNW ( talk) 14:42, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
The published Narrative "the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke" around 1846; Freed Slave Lewis Garrard Clarke traveled about giving lectures on his experiences as a slave. It was during one of those travels that he met Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was so impressed by Clarke and his story that she would base the character George Harris in her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin on Clarke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.110.233.226 ( talk) 02:50, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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Harriet was present for the lane Seminary Debates, and this was the beginning of her knowledge of the horrors of slavery... there is a new docudrama, Sons and Daughters of Thunder that covers this little known start and architecture of abolition. This article makes it sound like the shipping conflicts were her first exposure to anti slavery issues, when it was clear she was present for the Debates and associated with Theodore Weld. PWagnerSmith ( talk) 14:20, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
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I think that, in order to preserve the honesty of this article, that a number of misleadings need to be addressed. For example, it should be noted that Stowe NEVER EVER visited a plantation or even saw slavery first hand. -- 68.18.179.64 02:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I just uploaded an image of Stowe's bust at the Hall of Fame and thought I'd put it here in case you want to use it in the main article. H0n0r 16:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Didn't she have another sister? Catherine Beecher, who invented housekeeping —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.177.188 ( talk) 07:36, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
She died in Andover MA, the information there is incorrect
and she collaborated with her sister on the book mentioned
66.243.144.178 04:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Some attention should be made to HBS's rather bizarre Christian feminist views! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.212.8.153 ( talk) 14:39, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
In the section where it lists (some) of her children, it does not mention at all her son and biographer Charles Edward Stowe (although there is a footnote to that book in the article). Also not mentioned is grandson and author Lyman Beecher Stowe (wrote a biography of Booker T. Washington and Saints, Sinners and Beechers about his well-known family). Raznap ( talk) 21:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Couldn't there be something said about her work as it is reflected in the African American community in the past and present? I was surprised that this article does not mention the phrase "Uncle Tom" or "Tommin'" that has been appropriated by the majority of Black people to refer to someone who is selling out their own in order to please and be close to white people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.45.40 ( talk) 17:29, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
claiming stowe was familiar with slavery and could accurately comment on it because ohio borders kentucky is like saying sarah palin has foreign policy experience because alaska is near russia. WillC ( talk) 23:01, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Could we get a picture and an "info box" for this article? I dont know the actual name for the template, but its the one that boxes and shows the date of birth/death, where born, full name, etc.-- TheNuGai ( talk) 19:04, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
The article describes Eliza as the main character of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which is a dubious assertion at best. Tom and his masters clearly seem to serve as the central characters, whereas Eliza appears in sparsely occurring additions to her escape subplot.
"...Her first children, twin girls Harriet and Eliza (the main character of Uncle Tom's Cabin was named after Eliza)..."
So should this be edited to say something along the lines of "(a significant character in... was named after Eliza)", or is there some good reason why this is in? TVTMaster ( talk) 21:59, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Wow, this article is a mess... Where are all the standard features of a biographical character as they are normally set up in Wikipedia? There is no life story, other than the introduction and even that leaves a lot to be desired. Isn't it normal for historical contributors to have some biographical facts and chronologies associated with them? The bulk of this article seems to be missing and the rest of what is here, is terribly disorganized. This article really needs to be developed and cleaned up. Stevenmitchell ( talk) 15:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
It seems that most of this article has not yet been written. In actuality, there is very little detail of any biographical or documentary nature of her life or work, other than than landmarks associated with her life. Considering that she wrote more than 20 books and was one of the more publicly influential writers of the 19th century in the United States, shouldn't there be more than 3 sentences devoted to her biography? Stevenmitchell ( talk) 23:36, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
According to a number of things I've read, that Lincoln quote is apocryphal. I'll try to run down a good source on that. KathleenFuller ( talk) 22:41, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Why was all of the older discussion deleted? Raznap ( talk) 19:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
In the 19th century, a "Female Seminary" was very different from a theological seminary, and the juxtaposition might be confusing in the article. Tried to disambiguate a little... AnonMoos ( talk) 15:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone want to collaborate on re-writing this article and improving its quality? I'd like to see it get to at least Good Article by her bicentennial in June and would love help. -- Midnightdreary ( talk) 20:52, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm looking in into making edits on this article. I intend to expand her list of works and add on to her biography. The fact that her father was a Calvinist preacher or the official name of her sister's seminary are not included and I aim to fix that. I'll continuing doing research into what else can be added. I hoped I'll be of help. Mike Tem ( talk) 05:47, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
"Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “passion for the plight of the slave” gave way to a preoccupation with decorating houses." according to a book review in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/books/review/book-review-america-aflame-how-the-civil-war-created-a-nation-by-david-goldfield.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3 Kdammers ( talk) 04:17, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Under "Uncle Tom's Cabin and Civil War", an quotation is made without verification from any outside source: "I only pray that God Almighty shall bring this cruelty to a swift end." This quotation should be removed until verification from a reliable primary source can be obtained, particularly considering that many other websites (among them Amazon.com, Answers.com, and Ask.com) are now citing this potentially false quotation.
RylinM ( talk) 02:53, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Interesting discovery, a book giving advice to American women on everyday life, written after the Civil War, by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catharine Beecher. I'm surprised not to see Wikipedia mentioning this one. 198.151.130.54 ( talk) 17:09, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Harriet Beecher Stowe by Francis Holl.JPG will be appearing as picture of the day on June 14, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-06-14. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! — howcheng { chat} 22:52, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Harriet Beecher Stowe visited Britain in 1853 and 1856, she published details of the second visit in "Sunny Memories". She was a supporter of the Duchess of Sutherland, a large landowner in the Highlands of Scotland. Large numbers of the Duchess's tenants had been evicted from land that they had occupied for generations. Land that supported 10,000 people now supported 40 sheep farmers. The Duchess of Sutherland was in turn a supporter of Harriet's stance on slavery. It is just ironic that one her supporters (the Duchess) was responsible for the inhuman treatment of thousands through her involvement in the Highland Clearances. 220.253.35.69 ( talk) 12:14, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Reference : The Highland Clearances, John Prebble, Secker& Warburg 1963
After several months of this, and a recent request for page protection, one of the multiple accounts adding the following content has now provided sources [1].
The current version reads : Stowe, with a home full of playful children, found it difficult to concentrate and write in their home and so rented a room in a home owned by Mrs. Lamb on 183 Park Row. in Brunswick, ME. Mrs. Lamb's house was purchased later in 1910 by James W. Coffin and moved to its present location of 28 College Street. This house is across from the Bowdoin College campus and is still owned by Coffin's granddaughter. This is where Harriet Beecher Stowe would pen one of the most important pieces of American literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that would eventually bring about the end of slavery.
Now, I suspect this may have been copied from an outside source; the first and last sentences read like they came straight from a guidebook. As for the rest, I'm not sure that 'A Tour of Brunswick Homes and Harpswell Islands sponsored by the Pejepscot Historical Society July 19, 1960' or 'Historic Preservation Survey reference from town of Brunswick, ME: 183 Park Row Mrs. Lamb sold to James W. Coffin in 1910' are reliable sources. Any assistance from someone with knowledge of the subject's life is welcome. JNW ( talk) 14:42, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
The published Narrative "the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke" around 1846; Freed Slave Lewis Garrard Clarke traveled about giving lectures on his experiences as a slave. It was during one of those travels that he met Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was so impressed by Clarke and his story that she would base the character George Harris in her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin on Clarke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.110.233.226 ( talk) 02:50, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
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Harriet was present for the lane Seminary Debates, and this was the beginning of her knowledge of the horrors of slavery... there is a new docudrama, Sons and Daughters of Thunder that covers this little known start and architecture of abolition. This article makes it sound like the shipping conflicts were her first exposure to anti slavery issues, when it was clear she was present for the Debates and associated with Theodore Weld. PWagnerSmith ( talk) 14:20, 17 March 2019 (UTC)