Complex sentence: Today Simms is most known for his pro-slavery novel "The Sword and the Distaff", written in response to the 1852 publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist novel focusing on the evils of slavery.
Split into simpler sentences: Today Simms is most known for his pro-slavery or Anti-Tom novel "The Sword and the Distaff". The novel was written in response to the 1852 publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist novel focusing on the evils of slavery.