Caroline Lee Hentz
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Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz (June 1, 1800, Lancaster, Massachusetts – February 11, 1856, Marianna, Florida) was an American novelist and author, most noted for her defenses of slavery and opposition to the abolitionist movement. Her widely read The Planter's Northern Bride (1854) was one of the genre known as anti-Tom novels, by which writers responded to Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).
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Born | June 1, 1800 |
Died | February 11, 1856(1856-02-11) (aged 55) Marianna, Florida U.S. |
Nationality | American |
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Notable work | De Lara; or, The Moorish Bride |
Spouse | Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (married 30 September 1824) |
Children | Marcellus Fabius (1825–1827) Charles Arnould (1827–1894) Julia Louisa (1829–1877) Thaddeus William Harris(1830–1878) Caroline Therese (1833–1904) |
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