 Title page of the 1852 edition | |
| Author | Mary Henderson Eastman |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Plantation literature anti-Tom novel |
| Publisher | Lippincott, Grambo & Co. |
Publication date | 1852 |
| Publication place | United States |
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Aunt Phillis's Cabin; or, Southern Life as It Is by Mary Henderson Eastman is a plantation fiction novel, and is perhaps the most read anti-Tom novel in American literature. It was published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co. of Philadelphia in 1852 as a response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, published earlier that year. The novel sold 20,000–30,000 copies, far fewer than Stowe's novel, but still a strong commercial success and bestseller. Based on her growing up in Warrenton, Virginia, of an elite planter family, Eastman portrays plantation owners and slaves as mutually respectful, kind, and happy beings.