As part of this work's namesake "mania," over 500,000 British women signed the Stafford House address to its author.
As part of this work's namesake "mania," over 500,000 British women signed the Stafford House address to its author. Caroline Lee Hentz wrote about a "bride" in response to this work, which also inspired The Sword and the Distaff by William Gilmore Simms. This work was spurred by legislation challenged in Ableman v. Booth, the so-called "Bloodhound law", and drew on its author's experience teaching in Cincinnati. It probably inspired Stephen (*) Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home," which accompanied hugely popular minstrel shows adapting this work. When visiting the White House, its author was apocryphally called "the little lady who made this big war." For 10 points, name this 1852 novel featuring Topsy and other slaves, by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
As part of this work's namesake "mania," over 500,000 British women signed the Stafford House address to its author.
Uncle Tom\'s Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly