Harriet Beecher Stowe is best known for writing which abolitionist novel?

• A. Uncle Tom's Cabin
• B. The Liberator
• C. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• D. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Answer: (A)

Harriet Beecher Stowe is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel published in 1852 that exposed the brutal realities of slavery and stirred strong anti-slavery sentiment in the North. By putting a human face on the suffering of enslaved people and showing how slavery damages families and humanity, the book energized the abolitionist movement and influenced public opinion in the United States and abroad, helping to push the nation toward the Civil War era.

The other items aren’t novels by Stowe. The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, detailing his life as a slave and his escape. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a memoir by Harriet Jacobs.