Brown's Planter

The Planter; or Thirteen Years in the South

As you can see from the table of contents below, this book is an eclectic collection of essays -- some describing Brown's travels, some directed at British abolitionists. When isn't obvious, though, is how persistently the book engages Uncle Tom's Cabin. Almost every chapter contains direct references either to Stowe or to her novel, and much of it consists of detailed analyses of specific scenes or characters from the book. It was published anonymously; according to library catalogues, the author was actually David Brown, but who "David Brown" was remains a mystery to me.

The Planter; or Thirteen Years in the South, By David Brown (Philadelphia: H. Hooker, 1853

Digital text prepared with the help of the
Wright American Fiction Project, Indiana University Library.

ADVERTISEMENT.

CHAPTER I. AN INTRODUCTORY TABLE TALK.

CHAPTER II. TO THE "WOMEN OF ENGLAND," CONCERNING THEIR APPEAL...
CHAPTER III. TABLEAUX VIVANTS.
CHAPTER IV. "A DEEPER DEEP."
CHAPTER V. MEMORY OF THE SOUTH.
CHAPTER VI. CHARLESTON.
CHAPTER VII. PASSAGE TO ST. AUGUSTINE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE WEDDING—CHRISTIAN SLAVES—SLAVERY A MISSIONARY INSTITUTION.
CHAPTER IX. PLEASURES OF SLAVERY.
CHAPTER X. DRAYTON ISLAND.
CHAPTER XI. ...THE REAL MERITS OF THE QUESTION OF NEGRO SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XII. SAVAGE CONDITION OF AFRICA.
CHAPTER XIII. SOUTHERN NEGRO HAPPINESS IN CHILDHOOD AND AGE.
CHAPTER XIV. PREJUDICES OF EDUCATION, AN APOLOGY FOR ABOLITIONISTS.
CHAPTER XV. LORD PALMERSTON AND HON. E. EVERETT.
CHAPTER XVI. BRITISH SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XVII. THE EARL OF CARLISLE.
CHAPTER XVIII. ERRORS OF IGNORANCE AND ARROGANCE. THE BRITISH COURT PRESS.
CHAPTER XIX. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE QUAKERS OF PHILADELPHIA.
CHAPTER XX. EMANCIPATION.
CHAPTER XXI. THE SLAVERY OF THE POOR ABOLISHED ONLY IN THE SOUTH.
CHAPTER XXII. NEW ENGLAND.
CHAPTER XXIII. "DESPERATE ROW."
CHAPTER XXIV. SPIRITUAL FREEDOM &c.
CHAPTER XXV. A CHAPTER OF LACONICS.