defense of slavery as seen through the eyes of a northern woman—the daughter of an abolitionist—who marries a southern slave owner. As with other books in the genre, Hentz's novel tries to show that black people lacked the ability to function well without oversight by whites. Her novel also focused on the fear of a slave rebellion, especially if abolitionists did not stop stirring up trouble. Simms and Hentz's books were two of between 20 or 30 pro-slavery novels written in the decade after Uncle Tom's Cabin. Another well-known author who published anti-Tom novels is John Pendleton Kennedy. Mary Henderson Eastman's Aunt Phillis's Cabin was one of the bestselling novels of the genre. Published in 1852, it sold 20,000 to 30,000 copies. In a note in the book, Eastman proudly stated she was a descendant of the First Families of Virginia. Little Eva: The Flower of the South, by Philip J. Cozans, was a rare example of anti-Tom literature intended to be a children's novel. Selected anti-Tom novels Among the novels in the anti-Tom genre are: The Sword and the Distaff; or, "Fair, Fat and Forty": A Story of the South at the Close of the Revolution by William Gilmore Simms (1854) White Acre vs. Black Acre: A Case at Law by William M. Burwell (1856) Antifanaticism: A Tale of the South by Martha Haines Butt (1853) English Serfdom and American Slavery; or, Ourselves as Others See Us by Lucien B. Chase (1854) Ellen; or, The Fanatic's Daughter by Mrs. V.G. Cowdin (1860) Little Eva: The Flower of the South by Philip J. Cozans (1853) "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Contrasted with Buckingham Hall, the Planter's Home by Robert Criswell (1852) Aunt Phillis's Cabin: or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary H. Eastman (1852) The Ebony Idol: A Tale by Mrs. G.M. Flanders (1860) Liberia; or, Mr. Peyton's Experiments by Sarah Josepha Hale (1853) Frank Freeman's Barber Shop: A Tale by the Rev. Baynard R. Hall (1852) The Planter's Northern Bride by Caroline Lee Hentz (1854) Tit for Tat by "A Lady of New Orleans" (1856) The Lofty and the Lowly, or Good in All and None All Good by M. J. McIntosh (1853) Uncle Robin, in His Cabin in Virginia, and Tom Without One in Boston by J. W. Page (1853) The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters by Charles Jacobs Peterson (1852, under the pseudonym of J. Thornton