Garrison’s antiracist critique of Uncle Tom’s Cabin barely registered in 1852

Evidence

Garrison revered Uncle Tom in his book review of March 26, 1852. But he was virtually alone in his antiracist questioning of Stowe’s religious bigotry. “Is there one law of submission and non-resistance for the black man, and another law of rebellion and conflict for the white man? Are there two Christs?” Garrison also regretted seeing the “sentiments respecting African colonization.” His antiracist religiosity hardly made waves like his critique of Stowe’s endorsement of colonization. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 519

Categorization

• XREF: Garrison as the lone contemporary antiracist voice — parallels the reader’s interest in how antiracist positions get silenced or drowned out historically.