Uncle Toms Cabingeneral summary
The book starts out where Uncle Tom is sold to a trader because of his owner's debts. Mr. Shelby is the owner of Uncle Tom and many other slaves. He saves a girl's life, Eva, while on a boat, and her father buys him. He spends several years in New Orleans at their house. While he was there he helped St. Clare, the father, find God. When Eva and St. Clare die, he is sold to an evil plantation owner. On the plantation, he continues to be pious, even when everything seems to have turned from God. He helps two women escape and is beaten to death, but gets to see his original master's son before he dies. At the same time that Uncle Tom was sold, Eliza and Harry, two other slaves of Mr. Shelby, escape upon learning that their owner intended to sell Harry, Eliza's son. They meet George, Eliza's husband who is also escapi
Up the Red River and away from New Orleans in the depth of swamp, Legree has his plantation. There are no other white folk on the plantation--no one can testify against Legree in court except for a white person, so he can never be accused of misdeed. Here Tom spends his last days picking cotton, until Legree and his two overseers beat him to death. This is the setting for the bulk of the book. Stowe uses the different characters in this scene, especially Miss Ophelia, to depict some of the different philosophical questions about slavery, as well as about religion and feminism. It is in this house that Miss Ophelia struggles with training Topsy and that Eva and St. Clare die. ng, and, with much help from the Quakers, make it into Canada. One of the women from the plantation is Eliza's mother. They meet another wom
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Approximate Word count = 554
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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