Lucy escaping “whence no fugitive can be brought back” by jumping overboard from the steamer. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's cabin. Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. It depicts the harsh life for African Americans under slavery.

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Lucy escaping “whence no fugitive can be brought back” by jumping overboard from the steamer. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's cabin. Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. It depicts the harsh life for African Americans under slavery.

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