Harriet Elizabeth Beecher akaberekwa muna Litchfield, Connecticut, musi waJune 14, 1841. Akanga ari wechinomwe pavana 13 vakaberekerwa muparidzi weCalvinist Lyman Beecher. Amai vake vaive mudzimai wake wekutanga, Roxana (Foote), mukadzi wechitendero akafa apo Stowe aingova nemakore mashanu chete. Sekuru vaamai vaRoxana vaive General Andrew Ward weRevolutionary War. Vanun'una vake vakakurumbira vaisanganisira hanzvadzi, Catharine Beecher, uyo akazova mudzidzisi uye munyori, pamwe nehama dzakazova vashumiri: Henry Ward Beecher, uyo akazova muparidzi ane mukurumbira uye abolitionist, Charles Beecher, naEdward Beecher.
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