"Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container.

Offers a brief overview of the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, focusing on her work as an abolitionist, influential writings on slavery, and efforts to help slaves find their way to freedom.