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About the Harriet Beecher Stowe House
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is operated as an historical and cultural site focusing on Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The site also includes a look into the family, friends, and colleagues of the Beecher-Stowe family and the Lane Seminary.
The abolitionist, civil and human rights, and Underground Railroad movements in which these historical figures participated in the 1830's to 1860's, as well as African-American history related to these movements, are a special focus of the House.
The Stowe House offers cultural events, programming, and tours. The house and grounds are also available to groups for rental for meetings and special events.
Please visit our Bookstore featuring many versions of Uncle Tom's Cabin, other historically based books, books by local authors and more!
The adjoining grounds are maintained by the Cincinnati Park Board.
Parking lot and street parking available. Additional off-street parking as needed at the adjacent African-American Chamber of Commerce.
Accessible ramp at parking lot. Please note: currently the 2nd floor of the House is only accessible by stairs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe House is proudly an
Ohio History Connection site.
www.ohiohistory.org
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Photo courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio at americanjewisharchives.org.
Upcoming events:
Lecture
Join us on Sunday, August 20th at 4 p.m. free and open to the public.
University of Cincinnati Professor Mark A. Raider, presents:
“Jerusalem on the Ohio—The Jews of Cincinnati during the Civil War”
The Civil War changed and challenged America in ways that still resonate today. This lecture will explore how Cincinnati's Jews reacted to the War in our community.
During the Civil War era, American Jews – like most Americans – identified with the North or the South depending upon where they were living. Indeed, out of a countrywide population of roughly 150,000 Jews in the North and 25,000 in the South, some 7000 Jews fought for the Union and 3000 for the Confederacy.
The Jewish community of Cincinnati, originally settled in the 1820s by German-speaking immigrants from central Europe, largely identified with the Union cause. Nonetheless, the stresses and strains of living in a city that straddled the Ohio River Valley’s shifting borders and battle lines gave rise to competing Jewish political views – and several leading communal figures who articulated and embodied the spectrum of wartime American Jewish attitudes. Prof. Raider’s talk will focus on Cincinnati’s Jewish community during the Civil War and examine its relationship to the region and the nation.
Semi-Colon Club
Join us on Saturday, August 26 at Noon. Free and open to the public. This month's book for discussion is:
Warmth of Other Suns by Isabelle Wilkerson
This masterly account of the Great Migration by Pulitzer Prize winning Wilkerson, has garnered many fine reviews, including this one from the New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Oshinsky-t.html?pagewanted=all
Check your local library for availability and join the fun!
This masterly account of the Great Migration by Pulitzer Prize winning Wilkerson, has garnered many fine reviews, including this one from the New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Oshinsky-t.html?pagewanted=all
Check your local library for availability and join the fun!
Announcing Our Fall Book Discussion Series: Visiting Uncle Tom's Cabin
Discussions led by John Getz, PhD
Professor Emeritus, English Department, Xavier University
House open for tours at 6:00 pm
Discussion at 7:00 pm
Join us for one session or all!
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, September 13:
Kentucky in Uncle Tom’s Cabin: The Shelby Farm
(suggested reading – chapters 1-5)
Wednesday, October 18:
“But stronger than all was maternal love”:
Eliza and Her Escape
(suggested reading – chapters 6-9)
Wednesday, November 15:
“Small House of Uncle Thomas”: "Tom Shows" on Stage from Stowe’s Time to The King and I
(suggested reading – chapters 14-16, 20, 22, 24-27)
Wednesday, December 13:
“Uncle Tom”: From Stowe’s Character to a Modern Insult
Dr. Tyrone Williams, Professor of English, Xavier University, discussion co-leader
(suggested reading – chapters 28, 33, 38, 40-41)
Discussions led by John Getz, PhD
Professor Emeritus, English Department, Xavier University
House open for tours at 6:00 pm
Discussion at 7:00 pm
Join us for one session or all!
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, September 13:
Kentucky in Uncle Tom’s Cabin: The Shelby Farm
(suggested reading – chapters 1-5)
Wednesday, October 18:
“But stronger than all was maternal love”:
Eliza and Her Escape
(suggested reading – chapters 6-9)
Wednesday, November 15:
“Small House of Uncle Thomas”: "Tom Shows" on Stage from Stowe’s Time to The King and I
(suggested reading – chapters 14-16, 20, 22, 24-27)
Wednesday, December 13:
“Uncle Tom”: From Stowe’s Character to a Modern Insult
Dr. Tyrone Williams, Professor of English, Xavier University, discussion co-leader
(suggested reading – chapters 28, 33, 38, 40-41)
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"The object of these sketches is to awaken sympathy and feeling for the African race, as they exist among us; to show their wrongs and sorrows, under a system so necessarily cruel and unjust as to defeat and do away the good effects of all that can be attempted for them, by their best friends, under it. --Harriet Beecher Stowe Author's preface from Uncle Tom's Cabin