[ January 17, 2010; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Open House Event honoring volunteer work at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The House was also the home of General James Beecher, a Civil War general who commanded the first African-American troops from the South.

Harriet Beecher Stowe House
2950 Gilbert Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45206
513-751-0651

http://www.harrietbeecherstowehouse.org

Though much of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written in Brunswick, Maine, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s inspiration came from listening to stories told by fugitve slaves escaping via the Underground Railroad while living in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1850 her husband, Calvin Stowe, accepted a position at Bowdoin College and relocated to Maine. It would be the passage [...]