Caroline Lee Hentz (1800 - 1856)

Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz (June 1, 1800 – February 11, 1856) was an American novelist and author, most noted for her opposition to the abolitionist movement and her widely read The Planter's Northern Bride, a rebuttal to Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular anti-slavery book, Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was a major literary figure in her day, and helped advance women's fiction.