1872 Harriet Beecher Stowe Serious Accident

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This small piece is from the New York Weekly Reformer, Watertown NY, March 7th 1872.

In the 1870's Harriet Beecher Stowe who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin, wintered in Mandarin, south of Jacksonville on the St. Johns River. In Mandarin, Stowe created an integrated school in for children and adults. This was an early step toward providing equal education in the area and predated the national movement toward integration by more than a half century. <sup>1












1</sup>Harriet Beecher Stowe, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet_Beecher_Stowe&oldid=349076174 (last visited Mar. 10, 2010).