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Frank Freeman's Barber Shop
''Frank Freeman's Barber Shop'' is an 1852 in literature, 1852 Anti-Tom literature, plantation fiction novel written by Baynard Rush Hall. Overview ''Frank Freeman's Barber Shop'' is an example of the numerous anti-Tom novels produced in the southern United States in response to the publication of ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' by Harriet Beecher Stowe, which was criticised as inaccurately depicting plantation life as well as the relationship between slaveholders and their slaves. Hall's novel is among the earliest examples of the genre, and focuses on criticisms of Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionism and how it can be exploited – a concept later visited in ''The Planter's Northern Bride'' by Caroline Lee Hentz (1854 in literature, 1854). Plot The story focuses on a slave named Frank (later Frank Freeman), who is convinced to run away from his peaceful life on a Southern plantation by "Philanthropy, philanthropists" (Hall's term for Abolitionism in the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baynard Rush Hall
Baynard Rush Hall (1793-1863) was an American academic and Christian minister. A native of Pennsylvania, he served churches and academic institutions in the East for most of his life. However, he was a resident of Indiana for several years, during which time he served as the first faculty member of what today is Indiana University.Carmony, Donald F., and Herman J. Viola, edsThe New Purchase: Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West By Baynard Rush Hall. ''Indiana Magazine of History'' 62.2 (1966): 101-120. Biography Born in Philadelphia in 1793, Hall was educated at Union College and Princeton Theological Seminary; after completing his studies at the seminary, he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. While working as a printer before entering Union, Hall had learned of opportunities in what was then the Western United States, and in 1823 he moved his family to southern Indiana. After spending a year living with relatives near Gosport and preaching occasionally, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
