[Ads-l] Antedating of "Uncle Tomism"

[Rich Lowenthal]

I'm a bit confused by this reference: it doesn't really make sense in 
the conventional meaning of "Uncle Tomism," and seems simply to refer to 
Cruikshank's involvement in the publication as illustrator.

Rich Lowenthal


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>From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
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Date 2/9/2026 14:58:15
Subject Antedating of "Uncle Tomism"

>Uncle Tomism (OED 1863)
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>1852 Literary World 20 Nov. 329 ff. (ProQuest)
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>Uncle Tomism has a new recruit in no less distinguished and artistacal a person than George Cruikshank.
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>Fred Shapiro
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