Mary Henderson Eastman
Mary Henderson Eastman (February 24, 1818February 24, 1887) was an American historian and novelist who is noted for her works about Native American life. She was also an advocate of slavery in the United States. In response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Eastman defended Southern slaveholding society by writing "Aunt Phillis's Cabin: or, Southern Life As It Is" (1852), which earned her considerable fame. She was the wife of the American illustrator and army officer Seth Eastman.
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