anti-Tom

1. historicalnot comparableliteratureBelonging to a class of 19th-century pro-slavery novels and writings in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

plural anti-Toms

1. historicalliteratureAn anti-Tom work.

   While early stage shows reinforced Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist message, later productions named 'anti Toms' aligned themselves with the antebellum South's racist messaging and minstrelsy.

   2024 April 30, Michelle J. Smith, Beth Rodgers, Kristine Moruzi, Edinburgh History of Children's Periodicals, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN

2. A person seen as the opposite of an Uncle Tom; a black person who is proud of their identity.

   […]in the world of sports some Black athletes emerged during the social upheavals of the 1960s as anti-Toms, and none more so than Muhammad Ali, a Black athlete unlike any the world had ever seen.

   2021 March 2, Cheryl Thompson, Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty, Coach House Books, →ISBN