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- GLC#
- GLC08965.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 7 December 1852
- Author/Creator
- Parker, Joel, 1795-1875
- Title
- to Anson Rood
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 16 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
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 newspapers, the Independant, run by Henry Ward Beecher, Stowe's brother, and the Independant, which was pro-slavery, escalated the quarell. Beecher, who was Parker's friend, eventually managed to bring about an amicable end, agreeing that the footnote would be removed from later editions. Parker discusses the misrepresentations of himself that occured during this controversy.
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