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Events on Wednesday 1 July 1896 1
1811 – 1896Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)Died 1 July 1896, aged 85Harriet Beecher Stowe was the American author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that galvanized abolitionist sentiment before the Civil War and became one of the best-selling books of the 19th century. She died in Hartford, Connecticut, on 1 July 1896. Her writing is widely credited with shaping American public opinion on slavery.