Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Henry Fisk, 1853

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Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1853, Watercolor, sheet: 8 11/16 x 14 11/16 in. (22 x cm), Drawings, William Henry Fisk (British, London 1827–1884 London), After Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (1852) became a best-seller in Britain and America, the author visited England and Scotland to promote her anti-slavery beliefs. Society thronged to meet her, and commentators mentioned her small stature and unassuming appearance

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