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Harriet Beecher Stowe in Somerville, NJ

  • Somerville Public Library 35 W End Ave, Somerville, NJ 08876 (map)

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Dominion of Conscience - Presented by Kim Hanley. In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly.  It energized anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the pro-slavery South. This event is sponsored by the NJ Council for the Humanities, and is free and open to the public. For more information contact Fiona Kennedy (908) 458-8415 x1081