Collection of two documents related to Harriet Beecher Stowe [Decimalized .01-.02]

Collection Summary

Two letters regading the controversy that developed after Harret Beecher Stowe cited Joel Parker as a pro-slavery preacher in her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC08965
Type: Header Record
Date: December 1852
Title: Collection of two documents related to Harriet Beecher Stowe [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written: Various Places
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860

Sub-Era: Age of Jackson

People

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Subjects

Uncle Tom

Slavery

African American History

Woman Author

Women's History

Religion

Literature and Language Arts

Showing 2 of 2 records

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Anson Rood

7 December 1852

Parker, Joel, 1795-1875

Discusses the controversy that developed after Harret Beecher Stowe cited Parker as a pro-slavery preacher in her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Parker, claiming his statements were misrepresented, threatened to sue for libel, and a scandal began. Two...

GLC08965.01

Collection Item

Autograph letter

to Anson Rood

14 December 1852

Stowe, Calvin E., 1802-1886

Discusses the controversy surrounding his wife, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Joel Parker that developed after she cited Parker as a pro-slavery preacher in her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Parker, claiming his statements were misrepresented, threatened...

GLC08965.02

Collection of two documents related to Harriet Beecher Stowe [Decimalized .01-.02]

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