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Helen Hunt Jackson

If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.

Helen Hunt Jackson

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Helen Hunt Jackson is expressing a deep desire to create a story that would have a powerful and positive impact on the treatment and understanding of Native Americans, similar to how "Uncle Tom's Cabin" influenced attitudes toward African Americans. She believes that achieving even a small fraction of that effect would be so meaningful that she would feel grateful for her entire life.

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