Essays Tagged: "Lyman Beecher"

Biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

United StatesOccupation: writerBorn in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1811, Harriet was the seventh of LymanBeecher's nine children by his first wife, Roxana. Beecher, a famous evangelicalCalvinist minis ...

(2 pages) 32 0 0.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

An indepth biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe

th Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the seventh child of Lyman and Roxana Beecher. Harriet was an author, philanthropist, and an abolitionist. Her father, Ly ... eecher children had a new mother named Harriet Porter Beecher, and she bore three more children for Lyman.Harriet attended school at the Pierce Academy in Litchfield from 1819 to 1824, and for three y ...

(6 pages) 75 0 1.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Christianity on Uncle Tom's Cabin

nfluenced deeper by the latter than by theformer. Born into a family of religion, Harriet's father, Lyman Beecherwas one of America's most celebrated clergymen and the principal spokesmanfor Calvinism ...

(13 pages) 70 0 3.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

s "the little woman" who was responsible for the Civil War has a condescending ring to it.Early LifeLyman Beecher, Harriet Beecher's father, was a stern New England Calvinist preacher whose image of a ...

(7 pages) 78 0 4.8 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

A brief overview of Henry Ward Beecher.

hfield, Connecticut and he was the eighth child of the thirteen children in his family. His father, Lyman Beecher was a prominent Congregationalist minister and educator, and his sister, Harriet Beech ...

(3 pages) 24 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Characters 2

Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811. She was the seventh of nine children in the household of Lyman Beecher and his first wife, Roxana Foote Beecher. He was a Presbyterian pastor. Harriet had be ...

(3 pages) 906 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Uncle Tom's Cabin

the author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriet was born in Connecticut in 1811, the daughter of Lyman Beecher. He was a persuasive preacher, theologian, a founder of the American Bible Society who ...

(6 pages) 25 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Different People, Duplicate Purpose: Frederick Dou

Christians" in the South. Harriet Beecher Stowe was raised in a Christian atmosphere, as her father Lyman Beecher was a Presbyterian minister. At the very end of her novel, in her concluding personal ...

(2 pages) 1173 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

US Reform Movement: Lyman Beecher's Message on Intolerance

Lyman Beecher among other things was concerned with eradicating the American problems of the breakin ... s, he believed, was necessary to preserve society. "Sin is black, grace abounds, the will is free."-Lyman BeecherBeecher became a part of the New School of Presbyterianism, where he preached his messa ... groups could powerfully work toward healing social ills, an idea well before its time.In conclusion Lyman Beecher was a man who brought tried to bring peace into a nation full of turbulence, and preac ...

(3 pages) 4901 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Growth Background

less, Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the seventh child and fourth daughter of Lyman Beecher. Do you know to be an eminent Evangelical Calvinist needs specifying many documents? A ...

(1 pages) 0 0 0.0 Mar/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers