Showing results for "The Beechers" in Politics & Social Sciences

Uncle Tom's Cabin is centered on the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters - both fellow slaves and slave owners - revolve. This emotional novel portrays the reality of slavery while also stressing that Christian love can defeat something as damaging as enslavement of fellow human beings. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling book in the 19th century, and second best-selling following the Bible.

Step into the scandalous world of the Romantic era as Harriet Beecher Stowe reveals the untold story of Lady Byron, wronged wife of the infamous poet, Lord Byron. Published in 1869, Stowes bold exposé, initially slammed by the press, uncovers the sordid details of Lord Byrons life that led to his exile from England. This narrative, compiled from personal correspondence and cutting poetry, is an impassioned defense of Lady Byrons reputation against the smear campaigns of her late husbands influential allies. Stowes fiery critique of the Victorian eras treatment of women is as poignant today...

A concise biography of the pastor, orator, and political figure Henry Ward Beecher. This audio life tour takes you from Henry's childhood to moments when he faced those he opposed in the Civil War as well as moments when his words swayed Europe. This is a biographical sketch for all ages.

Voice notes from that one friend who lives in a sitcom. This is a safe space for wacky stories, lightbulb moments, and delightful chaos... like cute little personal pods.

This ain't your pastor's Bible podcast. This is a deep interrogation of the book, and we're bringing receipts. Bible scholar Dr. Dan McClellan and atheist podcaster Dan Beecher team up to discover what the Bible actually says, what it decidedly doesn't say (even if everyone thinks it does), and explore the history of the most popular book of all time.

Welcome to Whimsy World: a playground for curiosity, deep conversations, and being human. If you’re looking for conversations that make you feel, think, laugh, and grow… you’re in the right place. Hosted by love birds Elle Beecher and Cameron Hogan, this is where we explore the big questions and small moments that shape who we are across a range of topics: love, business, consciousness, and everything in between. Join us to feel ALIVE, ask questions, and remember your magic. ✨

How does the same married couple go from being conservative evangelical darlings to a queer couple that the church doesn't know how to handle? When we got married, we both identified as cisgender, heterosexuals and were church leaders. We now know that one of us is non-binary (Beecher), the other is not straight (April) and we're still married, still monogamous and still Christian. This is the story of how we went from fundamentalism to freedom and the hard road in between. RSSVERIFY

From America’s foremost constitutional scholar, the definitive history of how the ideal of birth equality reshaped the American Constitution, from antebellum debates over slavery and secession, to the Civil War and emancipation, to women’s suffrage In 1840, millions of Black Americans...

Excellent biographies have been written about Clara Barton, Sarah Josepha Hale, Julia Ward Howe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Tubman, but their lives have never been looked at together as they intertwined with the Civil War narrative. Plumb compares and contrasts the qualities of the women to discover their common attributes for success and what was unique to each woman. Without leading troops in battle or wielding political power, these five women profoundly influenced the start of the war and its conduct throughout as North and South clashed.