Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- First Published: 1851
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Kentucky and Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Uncle Tom, Eva St. Clare, Simon Legree, Eliza, Topsy
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: African Americans, Segregation or integration, Freedom, Values, Suffering, Africa or Africans, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Race, South or Southerners, Superstition, Escapes, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Religion, Underground railroad, Faith, Cruelty, Morality or morals, Sacrifice
- Locales: New Orleans, LA, Kentucky, Ohio, Mississippi River, Liberia
The Story:
Because his Kentucky plantation was encumbered by debt, Mr. Shelby made plans to sell one of his slaves to his chief creditor, a New Orleans slave dealer named Haley. The dealer shrewdly selected Uncle Tom as part payment on Mr. Shelby’s debt. While they were discussing the transaction, Eliza’s child, Harry, came into the room. Haley wanted to buy Harry too, but at first Shelby was unwilling to part with the child. Eliza listened to enough of the conversation to be frightened. She confided her fears to George Harris, her husband, a slave on an adjoining...
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