T. W. (True Worthy) Hoit

True Worthy Hoit, usually listed in catalogs as T. W. (True Worthy) Hoit, was born in 1815. Major library records for The Right of American Slavery identify him by that full name and date, and describe the book as published in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1860.

The surviving public record located here is very thin. Library of Congress, HathiTrust, Open Library, and Internet Archive entries confirm his authorship of The Right of American Slavery, and one catalog description connects him with the St. Louis literary and philosophical association. Beyond those bibliographic details, I could not confirm reliable information about his wider life, career, or death from the sources found.

Because of that limited documentation, Hoit is remembered chiefly as the author of a work tied to the political and moral battles over slavery in the United States on the eve of the Civil War. No suitable verified portrait image was found in the sources searched.