Harriet Beecher Stowe House — Attraction in Cincinnati

If you're in Cincinnati I recommend going here. It's a short museum. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin of course. Fascinating to hear where the content of the story came from. She either lived or talked to people ababout stories that had a life in the book. Family life sad. A child of hers died of cholera. She used that tragedy to help get the correct emotions when writing about families separated through slave trades. Odd to understand that she was worried that the North would see it as too harsh on the South so she tried to tame it down. However the South vilified her portrayal as inaccurate (too harsh) not the North. Also fascinating was to find out there why Uncle Tom is such a negative term. If you've read the book you know he suffered greatly because he would not beat other slaves. Why bad? Actors trying to make a buck sensationalized the story and portrayed him incorrectly. Forgot to take many pictures as I was reading. There are two I took. The museum is trying to find the identity of these people. If you have any information please...

If you love history, you'll really like this place! I've lived in Cincinnati my entire life but didn't know about the Harriet Beecher Stowe House. We visited on a Thursday so it wasn't busy. The tour guide was great. There is the "house history" - how / why it was built, owners, uses, etc - & the Harriet & her family history...Very interesting! They are renovating portions right now, but they've done a good job of letting you see as much as possible of the renovation work while staying safe. I learned a lot. Overall glad we went & would...

The docent did a excellent job going over history and added value of other underground railroad sites in the greater Cincinnati area. I had already planned to revisit Rev rankins house and added Rev Parker house also in ripley ohio and as a added bonus also fd the marked sign on the Uncle Tom cabin story of Eliza crossing . My grandsons 13 and 8 loved the tour. The docent also explained that the house was a tavern in the 1940s and included in the The Green Book and explained that that was a book to signify a safe place. Really...