CINCINNATI (WKRC) – As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, one of the nation’s most influential voices against slavery has a powerful connection to Cincinnati.
Harriet Beecher Stowe lived along the Ohio River, the dividing line between free Ohio and slave-holding Kentucky. Her years in Cincinnati helped shape Uncle Tom’s Cabin—the landmark 1852 novel that forced many Americans to confront the human cost of slavery.
Inside the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Walnut Hills, visitors come face-to-face with that history…