Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers

From what relative did Harriet learn about the horrors of slavery in the biography, Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers?

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Stowe heard harrowing tales of how slaves were mistreated in Jamaica from her Aunt Mary. Aunt Mary had been married to a Jamaican planter, but she ran away from both her husband and Jamaica because she could not tolerate his abuse of slaves.

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