Since her lifetime, biographers have framed Harriet Beecher Stowe – the author of the 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin – as a defining figure of the American abolitionist movement, as well as the 19th century at large. Although Stowe’s widely-received image as an author heavily relied on her identity as a mother, little scholarly attention has been granted to the lives of her seven children. One child in particular – her youngest, Charles – is overlooked with particular frequency, despite the significant role he played as his mother’s first official biographer. This thesis lays out a biography of Charles Stowe and examines the lasting impacts that his biographies of his mother have had in shaping the way she is remembered in American history