Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Center

2124 Old Main St
Washington, KY,
606-759-4860

URL : http://www.washingtonky.com/stowe.html

overview : In 1833 Miss Beecher was visiting her pupil, Miss Key, in the Marshall Key home. To entertain her one day Mr. Key took her to the courthouse lawn to see the slaves being sold on the block. She was much distressed and this vivid scene so impressed Harriet Beecher that she never forgot it, and twenty-odd year later she wrote her book, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'

topics : American history, slavery, african American