Beecher
Brooklyn pulpit celebrity
Beecher is a surname, most associated with the prominent 19th-century American family of preachers and reformers.
Henry Ward Beecher was a famous abolitionist minister; his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote *Uncle Tom's Cabin*.
The name occasionally appears as a place name or given name.
Ownership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
liberation · Uncle Tom's Cabin · civil rights · equality · suffrage · activism · Frederick Douglass · Sojourner Truth
Religious sermon deliverer
- sermonClergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- theologyStudy of the divine
faith · congregation · worship · gospel · revival · Protestant · evangelical · Brooklyn
Vigorous cause champion
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- social reformOrganized push for societal betterment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
education · women's rights · abolition · crusader · campaigner · visionary · pioneer · influential
slavery
Ownership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
fugitive · liberation · Uncle Tom's Cabin · civil rights · equality · suffrage · activism · Frederick Douglass · Sojourner Truth · Harriet Tubman
preacher
Religious sermon deliverer
- sermonClergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
theology · faith · congregation · worship · gospel · revival · Protestant · evangelical · Brooklyn · doctrine
activist
Vigorous cause champion
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- social reformOrganized push for societal betterment
temperance · education · women's rights · abolition · crusader · campaigner · visionary · pioneer · influential · charismatic
family
Related people together
genealogy · descendants · dynasty · clan · kin · bloodline · pedigree · forebears · relatives · kindred
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- beech treeDeciduous hardwood with smooth bark
- copper beechReddish-purple leaved tree
- beech woodsStand of fagus trees
- beech forestsWoodlands of smooth-barked deciduous trees
- beech nutsEdible tree seeds