The Next Chapter: Brunswick

Cathi Belcher shares how Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist activity and writing accelerated after she moved from Cincinnati to Maine.

Where did Harriet Beecher Stowe go once she left Cincinnati?

The answer is Brunswick, Maine, where her husband Calvin Stowe was hired for a 2-year professorship in Religion at Bowdoin College. While in Maine, Stowe raised her 6 children, started a school, hosted freedom seeker John Andrew Jackson, and wrote the world-changing anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Learn about Stowe’s short sojourn in Brunswick Maine, which had a huge impact world-wide. Stowe lecturer Cathi Belcher will guide you through a two year adventure that started in Cincinnati and ended in Brunswick, Maine.

About the speaker: Cathi Belcher has been the Guide and Educator for Bowdoin College at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick ME since 2016. She conducts Teas With Harriet, a Historical Stowe Walking tour, a Social Justice Book Group and a Women's Writing Circle. She also lectures around Maine and New England on Stowe, her literature and her remarkable family.