Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Tom owned by George Shelby
A farmer named Arthur Shelby who is about to lose his farm because of massive debts. Even though he and his wife (Emily Shelby) believed that they had a benevolent relationship with their slaves, Shelby decided to raise the needed funds by selling two of them Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man with a wife and children, and Harry, the son of Emily Shelby’s maid Eliza to a slave trader. Emily Shelby hated the idea of doing this because she had promised her maid that her child would never be sold; Emily's son, George Shelby, hated to see Tom go because he considered that loveable old man to be his good friend.
Eliza and Harry escape
When Eliza overhears Mr. and Mrs. Shelby discussing the fact that Mr. Shelby has sold Tom and Harry to the slavetrader Haley, Eliza determines to run away in order to save her son. She is pushed to this decision not by any physical cruelty on the part of her master or mistress, but by the maternal fear of......
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