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Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe

with Dr. Richard Bell

Join us and the University of Maryland's Dr. Richard Bell to learn about the two Harriets who made major contributions to the history of 19th century America!

“So you’re the little lady who started this great war!” said President Abraham Lincoln in the fall of 1862 when he finally met Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of the blockbuster antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. But Lincoln might just have well have been talking to and about Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor on America’s underground Railroad. Both women’s extraordinary activism advanced the fight against slavery and edged this country closer to Civil War.

Join us and Dr. Richard Bell to lean all about both of these women and the impact they had on our country in this exciting and engaging program!

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About the Presenter: Dr. Richard Bell has a BA from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from Harvard University. He has been teaching at the University of Maryland since 2006. He has published four books and more than a dozen articles and book chapters. He lives in University Park, Maryland with his wife and two daughters.

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