Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-319) and index.
Contents
Topsy and the end man: blackface in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Minstrel variations: uncle toms in the minstrel show -- Copycat critics: the anti-tom novel and the fugitive slave -- Minstrelsy, melodrama, and reform drama: Uncle Tom plays in New York -- Uncle Tom in London: British dramatizations -- Tom mania in Britain: the Stafford House address and "real uncle toms" -- Foreign manners and memories: Tom mania and transatlantic literature -- Answering the "answers": Tom mania and Stowe's Dred.