Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Toms Cabin, begins her tale on the Shelby farm. Mr. and Mrs. Shelby were kind Christian family who were known for treating their slaves well. Unfortunately, Mr. Shelby was indebted to Haley, a slave-trader. To settle the debt, Shelby reluctantly agrees to make out Tom, his old faithful slave and Harry, the cute little news of Eliza, Mrs. Shelbys servant. Eliza overhears the sale take place and in the middle of the night, she runs run into in pursuit of Canada to save her son. Haley follows but cant catch her so he sends slave-catchers subsequently her. Haley then takes Tom on a steamboat to the South, a place where slaves are known to die. Luckily, Tom meets a little girl named Eva and saves her sustenance. She persuades her father, Augustine St. Clare to purchase Tom.

Meanwhile, Eliza is taken to a quaker settlement on the b localise of the slave states where she is reunited with George, her husband. He escape to the Quaker settlement by dressing as a white man. They are soon told that men are after them, so they flee. Then, dressing as two men and their daughter, taunt a ferry to Canada. While Tom is enjoying an easy life at St. Clares, little Eva becomes sick and dies.



Augustine is deeply affected by her death and after questioning his life he decides to separated Tom. Yet there is another twist in the write up when Augustine dies beforehand Tom is set free and falls into the hold of selfish Marie. Marie sells the slaves at an auction. Tom is sold to Legree, the proverbial slave owner. Tom is beaten to death before George Shelby could come and pervert him back.

The story takes place about 10 years before the Civil War. This...

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