Harriet Beecher Stowe Program
Video Clip List
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 1 |
0 |
1:22.5 |
Introduction of program; Harriet Beecher Stowe's early years |
| 2 |
1:22.6 |
2:22.0 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin made issue of slavery more uncomfortable than it already was; fugitive slaves in Ohio |
| 3 |
2:22.1 |
3:27.3 |
Cincinnati then-and-now; "hot spot" in Beecher's time because Ohio was free and Kentucky was not Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 4 |
3:45.3 |
4:28.0 |
Her father, Reverend Beecher, was an evangelical clergyman; her husband, Calvin Stowe, was a professor of the Bible Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 5 |
4:28.1 |
6:16.0 |
Description of key characters in the novel, problematic to many that Tom was portrayed as a martyr; novel filled with regional characters from around the country |
| 6 |
6:41.1 |
8:10.5 |
Exposure to events in Cincinnati that helped her understand the abolitionist movement and to ultimately write Uncle Tom's Cabin; 300,000 copies sold in the U.S. in it's first year of publication; Stowe actually wrote the novel in Maine |
| 7 |
8:10.6 |
9:52.5 |
How author Joan Hedrick came to write her Pulitzer Prize winning book about Stowe; concern over diminishment of Stowe in the 20th century after her centrality in the 19th |
| 8 |
10:13.4 |
12:34.8 |
Motivation of abolitionists; Reverend Beecher went to Cincinnati to "Save the West" from Catholicism; "Beecher's Bibles" Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 9 |
12:34.9 |
13:02.0 |
Elijah Lovejoy, one of the most important martyrs of the abolitionist movement, was killed with Stowe's older brother Edward (who survived) |
| 10 |
13:19.5 |
15:40.1 |
Granville, Ohio's role in the abolitionist movement; Uncle Tom's Cabin was initially published as a year-long series of installments in the "National Era" newspaper |
| 11 |
16.21.5 |
19:12.3 |
Underground railroad was a network of people who helped harbor fugitive slaves to safety in Canada; Ohio was a large point of entry for the railroad due to it's proximity to Kentucky; visuals of underground railroad maps |
| 12 |
19:13.4 |
20:21.3 |
Did she spend time in Pennsylvania?; her love of travel |
| 13 |
20:21.4 |
23:25.1 |
Introduction of Carl Westmoreland; History of Cincinnati area; Discussion of Walnut Hills, Ohio racially diverse town; impact Stowe's house had on him while growing up in that community - a "beacon of hope"; Lane Seminary was the site of the first debates on slavery |
| 14 |
23:46.6 |
26:23.4 |
Did characters in the novel represent real people that Stowe came into contact with, or were they a compilation of many different people? |
| 15 |
26:37.2 |
28:48.2 |
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center being built in Cincinnati |
| 16 |
28:48.4 |
29:53.1 |
Slaves escaped to Canada, Mexico and Haiti to find freedom |
| 17 |
30:44.1 |
33:52.6 |
Introduction of Emma Cox who runs the Harriet Beecher Stowe house; funding; "living museum" where G.E.D. classes are offered and social workers are available to the community |
| 18 |
34:02.1 |
37:30.2 |
Modern day term "Uncle Tom" represents compliance with repression unlike the Uncle Tom in Stowe's novel; minstral shows |
| 19 |
37:55.5 |
40:24.7 |
Can white authors accurately write about the black experience?; Stowe's sixth child died of cholera making her understand the grief that slaves felt when their children were sold; "Uncle Tom's Cabin" tried to connect that shared grief Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 20 |
41:29.5 |
43:48.7 |
Modern day African-American's difficulty coming to terms with slavery, way to deal with issue is through education |
| 21 |
43:53.0 |
45:31.5 |
Monfort family active in abolitionist movement; Walnut Hill Presbyterian church |
| 22 |
45:31.6 |
46:39.5 |
Visuals and discussion of Stowe's retirement home in Hartford, Connecticut |
| 23 |
47:25.1 |
50:12.4 |
Length of book; age group appropriate for; reading of passage about the "internal" slave trade; slaves were the pioneers that opened up the American west |
| 24 |
50:39.0 |
52:11.9 |
John Vanzant was an avid abolitionist who lost everything he had when he was caught |
| 25 |
52:12.0 |
53:21.3 |
Sandusky, Kentucky; site of Second Baptist Church active in helping slave escape to Ohio |
| 26 |
53:21.4 |
54:23.1 |
Fugitive Slave Act; if you assisted a slave you were subject to fines and imprisonment |
| 27 |
54:23.2 |
56:51.2 |
Video and discussion of Ripley, Ohio; black and white families that were active in the abolitionist movement are still there; living symbol of history |
| 28 |
56:51.4 |
58:38.5 |
Her son, Henry Ward Beecher, was an influential clergymen; well connected politically |
| 29 |
58:38.6 |
1:00:15 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin very widely read while it was a newspaper series; South was livid about it and tried to prove her accusations wrong |
| 30 |
1:00:16 |
1:01:37 |
Role of free blacks in the underground railroad movement; very active African community in Ohio |
| 31 |
1:01:38 |
1:02:50 |
"A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" was her response to critics |
| 32 |
1:03:31 |
1:04:08 |
"National Era" based in Washington, D.C.; published nationally; owned by abolitionist who used paper to promote the cause |
| 33 |
1:04:09 |
1:06:32 |
Carl Westmoreland's family background; Slave's used as a form of currency; are reparations due to African-Americans |
| 34 |
1:06:33 |
1:07:57 |
Monuments in Washington, D.C. as well as most antebellum homes were built by African skilled labor |
| 35 |
1:07:58 |
1:09:34 |
Reading of passage from Uncle Tom's Cabin which discusses the discrepancy between Christian beliefs and the treatment of African Americans; society's mixed reaction to the novel Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 36 |
1:09:35 |
1:11:12 |
Connection between today's turmoil in Cincinnati with it's past; closure of public schools in areas were riots occurred; African's were never wanted in Cincinnati and the city has still not come to terms with their presence Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 37 |
1:11:13 |
1:13:53 |
Criticism for sending her black characters to Africa or having them die, only the "melados" survived and made it to Canada; lighter skinned blacks had more chance of escaping because many could pass for white |
| 38 |
1:15:09 |
1:15:58 |
Stowe intensified the moral crisis over slavery leading up to the Civil War |
| 39 |
1:15:59 |
1:16:59 |
Where did escaped slaves settle in the Ohio region?; Lincoln Heights |
| 40 |
1:17:00 |
1:24:11 |
Facts about "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the nation, during the time the novel was published
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| 41 |
1:24:13 |
1:25:53 |
Visuals of Beecher Street and Harriet Beecher Stowe home; Purpose of novel was to get white citizens to see African American's as people, not property; it's overall impact |
| 42 |
1:26:03 |
1:28:03 |
Eliza and Baby Harry; Stowe works out her grief over the loss of her son by writing about these characters; Ripley, Ohio |
| 43 |
1:28:04 |
1:29:05 |
Visuals and discussion of the Rankin home, a major stop on the underground railroad |
| 44 |
1:29:06 |
1:29:55 |
Number of slaves escaping to freedom through Ohio; many escaped and stayed in the South |
| 45 |
1:29:56 |
1:31:25 |
Visuals of historical artifacts; where is the real Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| 46 |
1:31:26 |
1:32:10 |
Uncle Tom was compromised by his enslavement; initially refused to run away |
| 47 |
1:32:20 |
1:33:32 |
Discussion of "The Wind Done Gone" |
| 48 |
1:33:46 |
1:36:35 |
Calvin Stowe was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's professor; Calvin Stowe was very supportive of Harriet's career; they had 7 children Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 49 |
1:36:36 |
1:39:28 |
"April 1865", White people often forget that their ancestors fought the Civil War to free blacks; role of black soldiers in the war |
| 50 |
1:39:43 |
1:40:35 |
Memphis, Tennessee's role in the underground railroad |
| 51 |
1:40:36 |
1:41:23 |
Factuality of Lincoln Quote: "So you're the little lady that wrote the book that started this great war" |
| 52 |
1:41:24 |
1:46:06 |
Stephen Railton's website on "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
| 53 |
1:46:07 |
1:47:46 |
Playing of minstrel song "Aunt Harriet Beecher Stowe"; reaction to it's dialogue |
| 54 |
1:47:47 |
1:49:52 |
Joshua Chamberlain relationship revisited |
| 55 |
1:49:53 |
1:50:48 |
Discussion of the character George Harris; the more things he did to show his intelligence the more his master tried to humiliate him |
| 56 |
1:50:49 |
1:52:41 |
Free black people owned slaves; class system |
| 57 |
1:53:26 |
1:55:41 |
Several instances of owners leaving land to their slaves' children |
| 58 |
1:55:42 |
1:56:27 |
Novel continued to sell long after the Civil War and slavery was abolished |
| 59 |
1:56:28 |
1:57:38 |
Parker house in Ripley, Ohio where Stowe viewed a slave sale; tremendous impact on her writings and her belief in abolition |
| 60 |
1:57:39 |
2:01:54 |
Comparison of Fugitive Slave Law to Rodney King, O.J. Simpson; legacy of racial profiling; "getting even" Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 61 |
2:01:55 |
2:04:34 |
Stowe's relationship to Amy Post; Josiah Henson (model for Uncle Tom?); visuals of Henson Cabin |
| 62 |
2:04:35 |
2:08:23 |
Stowe didn't fully understand the plight of blacks until she wrote "The Keys to Uncle Tom's Cabin"; learning process Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 63 |
2:08:24 |
2:10:49 |
Reparations to blacks and native Americans can be given by way of a free education |
| 64 |
2:10:50 |
2:13:30 |
Video of James Henson, descendent of Josiah Henson |
| 65 |
2:13:50 |
2:15:20 |
Some descendents of slaves who escaped to Canada are still there, others moved back to Ohio and the South |
| 66 |
2:15:35 |
2:17:57 |
Richard Wright's criticism of Stowe was that she had too much sympathy for black characters; she wanted people to be upset by their plight |
| 67 |
2:19:48 |
2:20:58 |
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will open in 2004; documents available; will be a research center |
| 68 |
2:21:11 |
2:23:55 |
Slaves compared to the Hebrews |
| 69 |
2:26:05 |
2:27:12 |
Simon Lagree is determined to break Tom, would damage his own property to do so; she put most brutal portion of the novel near the end once the reader is already caught up |
| 70 |
2:30:26 |
2:32:06 |
Summary of program; Harriet Beecher Stowe's life
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| 71 |
2:32:09 |
2:34:06 |
Suburbs of Cincinnati are very segregated; Klu Klux Klan cross in Fountain Square; education is key to understanding |
| 72 |
2:34:09 |
2:35:37 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Legacy, put her money where her mouth was, the Harriet Beecher Stowe house carries on that legacy
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