Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson) 1818-1887 creator text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Aunt Phillis's Cabin; Or, Southern Life As It Is" by Mary H. Eastman is a plantation fiction novel published in 1852 as a direct response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Drawing from her Virginia upbringing, Eastman portrays slavery as a benign institution where plantation owners and enslaved people coexist in mutual respect and happiness. The story follows various characters in rural Virginia, demonstrating what the author presents as the "essential happiness" of enslaved people compared to free blacks in the North. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Phillis%27s_Cabin Release date is 2005-09-24 Produced by University of Michigan Digital Library, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Slavery -- Fiction Didactic fiction Political fiction Southern States -- Fiction African American women -- Fiction Plantation life -- Fiction Enslaved persons -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16741 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16741 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133406.0 16741