Harriet Beecher Stowe Digital Download

Our digital download package includes the historic photograph in three variations:

• Brown textured background
• Plain white background
• Original file

Available in the following formats:

• JPG
• SVG
• PNG

Ideal for:

• Printing on demand
• Use in creative projects

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Harriet Beecher Stowe
When President Lincoln is first introduced to Mrs. Stowe in November 1862, it’s claimed that he says, “so you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.” Apocryphal or not the observation is supported by the reaction throughout the North caused by her 1851 serial Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  Harriet is the highly educated daughter of the Presbyterian Minister Lyman Beecher who marries a biblical scholar, raises six children and begins to write stories to supplement her family income. After witnessing a race riot in Cincinnati, she dramatizes the plight of those enslaved. Her novel becomes an overnight sensation. Empathy is created in her portraits of Eliza escaping barefooted across the frozen Ohio River with her son; the ruthless overseer, Simon Legree, “breaking his slaves;” and the Christ-like figure of Tom who is whipped to death for refusing to reveal Eliza’s destination. Translated into book form, 3 million copies of the novel are sold worldwide in 1857.