Date of Award
8-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Legacy Department
History
Committee Member
Dr. Paul Anderson, Committee Chair
Committee Member
Dr. Abel Bartley
Committee Member
Dr. Orville Vernon Burton
Abstract
This thesis is an attempt to understand the complex relationship between theAfrican-American community and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Itargues that a large reason for the negative connotation of “uncle Tom” within theAfrican-American community was caused by conflicts between intellectual patternsand traditions of the community and Stowe’s vision in her novel. This thesis looks atthe key texts in the intellectual history of the African-American community,including the literary responses by African Americans to the novel. This thesis seeksto fill gaps in the history of the African-American community by looking at howmembers of the community exercised their agency to achieve the betterment of thecommunity, even in the face of white opposition.
Recommended Citation
York, Spencer, "A Family Dispute: The African-American Community's Response to Uncle Tom" (2016). All Theses. 2426.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2426