The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center uses Stowe’s life and work to inspire YOU to change your world.

Stowe wrote the anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, in 1852. The world was never the same. Abolition became possible. Emancipation became law. But today, in the 21st century, inequity is everywhere. What would Stowe do? What will YOU do?

• Stowe Prize Panel Discussion on WNPR

  June 6: WNPR broadcasts the provocative Stowe Prize panel discussion with Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"

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• 2013 Stowe Prize winner Michelle Alexander

  Powerful words on the impact of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" from the author of "The New Jim Crow"

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• 2014 Student Stowe Prize Announcement

  Are you changing the world? Do you know someone who is? Check out the details of the Student Stowe Prize for high school and college students. Entries due January 10, 2014.

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• This Week at the Stowe Center

  Open every day for tours. Check here for program information.

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• Trifecta of Beecher and Stowe biographers on WNPR

  Catch the podcast of The Colin McEnroe Show from Wednesday March 20 to hear Debby Applegate, Joan Hedrick and Susan Campbell chatting with Colin about the Beechers.

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• Stowe House Now a National Historic Landmark

  Announced by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Director of the National Park Service

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• We're looking for three good people to join the Stowe Center team

  The Stowe is seeking to fill a part-time permanent Director of Finance and Administration and a part-time permanent Communications Coordinator.

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• Learn how Stowe encouraged President Lincoln to sign The Emancipation Proclamation

  Executive Director Katherine Kane's article appeared in the Winter 2012/2013 issue of "Connecticut Explored".

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• Stowe Center in the News

  Executive Director Katherine Kane lent expertise to a recent news story in Bethesda, MD. Click below to find out more and watch the video.

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• Stowe Center Wins Award

  The Stowe Center has been honored with a 2012 Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History.

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• Visit both Stowe and Mark Twain in one tour this weekend!

  Experience the lives of Hartford's most famous writers - and next door neighbors - this weekend.

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• The Child's Tour - every weekend!

  Lots to see and do for a family weekend ! The Child's Tour, Craft activities, Uncle Tom's Cabin exhibit, and more.

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