Seth and Mary Eastman

Seth Eastman (1808-1875) and his second wife Mary Henderson Eastman (1818-1880) were instrumental in recording Native American life. He built a reputation as a major illustrator of important books published in the 1850s on the subject of...

In this article: Fort Snelling, American Civil War, Death Whoop, and House Committee on Military Affairs

...and a significant moral and political exploration of the character of those relations." Title page for Aunt Phillis's Cabin by Mary Eastman, one of many examples of Anti-Tom literature. In response to Uncle Tom's Cabin, writers in the...

In this article: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Little Eva

...the premier illustrator of Indian life. Schoolcraft was deeply disappointed when Catlin refused. Schoolcraft later engaged artist Seth Eastman as illustrator, who had spent years on the upper Mississippi and was well-versed in Indian...

In this article: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Mississippi River, Lake Michigan, Indian agent, Missouri, Mackinac Island, Lake Superior, and Lake Itasca

Aunt Phillis's Cabin: or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary Henderson Eastman is an 1852 plantation fiction novel, and is perhaps the most read anti-Tom novel in American literature. Published in 1852, Aunt Phillis's Cabin contains contrasts...

In this article: Mary Henderson Eastman, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Virginia, New England, and Harriet Beecher Stowe

...fiction novel by Caroline Rush, and among the first examples of the genre, alongside others such as Aunt Phillis's Cabin by Mary Henderson Eastman and Life at the South; or, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" As It Is by W.L.G. Smith, both of which were also...

In this article: Uncle Tom's Cabin, As It Is, Bankruptcy, Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby, Mary Henderson Eastman, and Aunt Phillis's Cabin

...of the bestselling novels of the genre. Published in 1852, it sold 20,000 to 30,000 copies. In a note in the book, Eastman proudly stated she was a descendant of the First Families of Virginia. '', by Philip J. Cozans, was a rare example...

In this article: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Caroline Lee Hentz, Uncle Tom's Cabin, William Gilmore Simms, Mary Henderson Eastman, American Civil War, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Virginia

...The Black Gauntlet to argue in favour of slavery had previously appeared in another anti-Tom novel - Aunt Phillis's Cabin by Mary Henderson Eastman , first published in 1852 . It is unclear whether this is coincidence or deliberate plagiarism...

In this article: Uncle Tom's Cabin, South Carolina, Mary Henderson Eastman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and United States

...As It Is - resembles the full title of another anti-Tom novel, Aunt Phillis's Cabin: or, Southern Life As It Is '' by Mary Henderson Eastman , which was released in the same year as Smith's novel. Both novels likely based their titles on...

In this article: Uncle Tom's Cabin, As It Is, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Virginia, Mary Henderson Eastman, Theodore Dwight Weld, and Henry Clay