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The Lofty And The Lowly
''The Lofty and the Lowly, or Good in All and None All Good'' is a novel by Maria Jane McIntosh published by D. Appleton & Company in 1853. It was one of many anti-Tom novels published in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. The story is set is Georgia and tells of a plantation owner's efforts to avoid bankruptcy with the help of his loyal slave Daddy Cato. Their efforts are challenged by a northern usurer and devious northern capitalists. The book sold well across the United States upon release, making it one of the most successful anti-Tom novels in the middle 19th century. Overview ''The Lofty and the Lowly'' is one of several examples of the pro-slavery Anti-Tom literature, plantation literature genre that emerged from the Southern United States in response to the Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', which was criticised in the South for its portrayal of the evils of slaveholding. The majority of these "anti-Tom" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Jane McIntosh
Maria Jane McIntosh (1803 in Sunbury, Georgia – 25 February 1878 in Morristown, New Jersey) was an American writer. She began her literary career using the pseudonym "Aunt Kitty". She used contrasting pairs of characters to demonstrate her moral lesson. Biography Maria's father, Major Lachlan McIntosh fought in the American Revolutionary War, afterwards establishing a law practice in Sunbury, and starting a family. Maria was educated in the Academy of Sunbury, and moved to New York City in 1835 to live with her brother, James M. McIntosh, after the death of both of her parents. Having lost her fortune in the Panic of 1837 The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down, westward expansion was stalled, unemployment went up, and pessimism abound ..., she adopted authorship as a means of support. Under the pen name of “Aunt Kitty” she published a juveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |