Uncle Tom's Cabin | Chapter 13: Summary and Analysis

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Simeon and Rachel Halliday: a Quaker couple who aid the Harris family

Ruth Stedman: a Quaker friend of the Hallidays’

Summary
Eliza and Harry rest at the Quaker home of Simeon and Rachel Halliday, having been directed there by Van Trompe. A neighbor in the Quaker settlement, Ruth Stedman, visits the Hallidays and chats about the happenings in their community. Later, Simeon arrives with news that several other Quakers are bringing fugitives to the settlement, one of whom is Eliza’s husband, George Harris. Eliza faints when she...


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