Harriet

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He praised John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” for its descriptions of capitalist exploitation and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” for the light it shed on slavery in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Reverend Lyman Granger told his dear friend, Reverend Lemuel Clark, that three local sisters were helping him speak to his daughter, Harriet.

From Literature

“Is this the Spirit of Harriet?”

From Literature

When Harriet didn’t respond, the group called up the Fox sisters’ original spirit.

From Literature

In installments, its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, poured forth the tragic tale of the life of Uncle Tom, a fictional, enslaved Black man.

From Literature