American Slaves in Victorian England : Abolitionist Politics in Popular Literature and Culture (Paperback)

Introduction: communicating 'a correct knowledge of American slavery': J. B. Estlin and the 'breeder' in Frederick Douglass's Narrative; 1. 'Exhibiting Uncle Tom in some shape or other': the commercialisation and reception of Uncle Tom's Cabin in England; 2. Abolition as a 'step to reform in our kingdom': Chartism, 'white slaves', and a new 'Uncle Tom' in England; 3. 'Repetitious accounts so piteous and so harrowing': the ideological work of American slave narratives in England; 4. 'Negrophilism' and nationalism: the spectacle of the African-American abolitionist; Epilogue: 'How cautious and calculating?': English audiences and the impostor Reuben Nixon.