The book that started the war
The Book That Started a War – Uncle Tom’s CabinUncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a realistic, although fictional view of slavery. It focuses on the lives of two slaves, who both start under the ownership of a Mr. Shelby, who is known as a man who treats his slaves well. Mr. Shelby, however, owed money to a man, named Haley, who is described as an evil slave-trader. In return for the debt owed to him, Haley wants two slaves; one being the son of a beautiful mulatto woman named Eliza, and the other the devout Christian Tom, who is Shelby’s best slave. Eliza loves her son and rather than lose him to the slave-trader she takes him and heads to Canada, where they can be free. Haley follows her but can’t catch her so he goes back to the farm, and brings Tom on a steamboat to the South. Tom meets and makes a great impression on a little girl by saving her from drowning. Little Eva St. Clare then persuades her father, Augustine St. Clare to purchase Tom. Augustine is a man against slavery, choosing to let his slaves run freely and do whatever they want. Tom is bought as a man who works at the stable, and is the private driver of Mar
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