How is Harriet Beecher Stowe a credible sources? - Help.com

That depends on the context. Are you asking about a particular book? Credible for what purpose? A research paper? Bibliographic work?

well we’re reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin in my English class. Our homework is to read the intro and write a page about how Stowe was a credible source…. I read the intro but I can’t figure it out. The information would be for a reseach paper.

To put it simply, you’re going to have to dig a little deeper to see why an author of a work of fiction is a credible source. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is usually the focus of high school classes, so you’ll probably get adequate information from just googling Beecher Stowe. Look for biographic details that connect her life experiences to the themes in Uncle Tom, and if you have access to an academic library go to the reference desk and ask them to point you at the appropriate biography, subject encyclopedia, or annotated bibliography. The information is definitely out there, and you shouldn’t have too much trouble extrapolating it from an outside reference source.