The Ebony Idol
Author | Mrs. G.M. Flanders |
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Language | English |
Genre | Plantation literature |
Publisher | D. Appleton & Company |
Publication date | 1860 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) & E-book |
Pages | c. 300 pp (May change depending on the publisher and the size of the text) |
The Ebony Idol is a plantation literature novel by G. M. Flanders, first published in 1860. It is one of several pro-slavery novels written in the Southern United States in response to the 1852 abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The majority of these works, such as Aunt Phillis's Cabin (1852) and The Planter's Northern Bride (1854) attacked Stowe for her allegedly inaccurate depiction of slavery, and criticized other abolitionists.[1][2]
Plot
The novel takes place in the fictional town of Minton in New England, inhabited entirely by white people, and where coloured people are almost unknown.
The local pastor, the Reverend Mr. Cary, converts to the cause of abolitionism, and arranges for a fugitive slave named Caesar to take up residence in the town, to act as an "ebony idol" for the respect and sympathy of the people of Minton.
Cary's social experiment, however, has disastrous consequences. Caesar's presence splits Minton between pro- and anti-slavery factions, and Cary himself is questioned on his motives for keeping Caesar at all. Practically overnight, Minton changes from a quiet paradise into a violent slum.
In time, Cary is visited by a slaveholder from the south, and under pressure from the townsfolk, agrees that Caesar leave Minton to work on the plantations of the South, restoring Minton to its original, idyllic condition.
Publication history
The Ebony Idol was published in 1860 by D. Appleton & Co. of New York City.[3] Appleton & Co. had been responsible for the publication of several previous anti-Tom novels, including The Lofty and the Lowly, or Good in All and None All Good by Maria J. McIntosh in 1853.[4]
References
External links
- The Ebony Idol at the University of Virginia
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- Uncle Tom
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thanhouser, 1910)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (Vitagraph, 1910)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)
- Topsy and Eva (1927)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
- Onkel Toms Hütte (1965)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
- A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Tom show
- Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931)
- Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933)
- Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937)
- Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947)
- Southern Fried Rabbit (1953)
- Aunt Phillis's Cabin
- The Planter's Northern Bride
- Little Eva: The Flower of the South
- Uncle Tom's Cabin As It Is
- Uncle Robin's Cabin
- "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Contrasted with Buckingham Hall, the Planter's Home
- Ellen; or, The Fanatic's Daughter
- The Ebony Idol
- Frank Freeman's Barber Shop
- The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts
- Mr. Frank, the Underground Mail-Agent
- The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters
- The Black Gauntlet
- White Acre vs. Black Acre
- Antifanaticism
- The Lofty and the Lowly
- The Leopard's Spots
- Josiah Henson
- Dimples
- Goodbye Uncle Tom
- Tit for Tat
- Uncle Tom syndrome
- Underground Railroad
- The National Era
- Onkel Toms Hütte (Berlin U-Bahn)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, Maine)
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