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Stowe

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Stowe  (st), Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher 1811-1896.
American writer whose antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) had great political influence and advanced the cause of abolition.
Stowe [stəʊ]
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(Placenames / Named Buildings) a mansion near Buckingham in N Buckinghamshire: built and decorated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Grinling Gibbons, and William Kent; formerly the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham; fine landscaped gardens: now occupied by a public school
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(Biographies / Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (1811-1896) F, US, WRITING: writer) Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. 1811-96, US writer, whose bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) contributed to the antislavery cause
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Noun1.Stowe - United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)Stowe - United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
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