Pilot Lecture: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman

Course Overview

Delve into two intrepid figures of the antislavery movement, both who happen to be named Harriet, and trace their significant impact on helping to end oppression.

Video Lessons

1. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman

When it comes to heroes of the antislavery movement, there are, interestingly enough, TWO pivotal Harriets. Examine Harriet Beecher Stowe’s blockbuster novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, to better understand the ways in which Stowe advanced the fight against slavery and edged America closer to the Civil War. Then, explore the more immediate and equally decisive steps taken by enslaved people and their allies to build an antislavery escape network that stretched from the bowels of the slave South all the way into British Canada, with a focus on a different Harriet—Harriet Tubman.

Duration: 37 min