Legree And Uncle Tom's Relationship Analysis

Simon Legree and Uncle Tom’s relationship wasn’t so good. On the day Legree first laid on eyes on Tom, he had high expectations for him. Legree bought Tom and wasted no time in letting him know who was in charge. He took some of Tom’s belongs and kept the ones he like for himself and threw the rest of them out into the river. When Legree notices that Tom has a bible he tells him that he is religious ways were soon going to be taken out of him. Also tells him “I’m your church now! You understand, you’ve got to be as I say.” Uncle Tom simply ignored him with a down-cast face. Legree’s goal was to break Tom in any way that he can. Legree tries to make Tom whip one of the other slaves and Tom refuses to do it, he starts to beat Tom and asked him, “Now will you tell me you can’t do it.” Tom responds and says that he’s willing to work day and night but he will not whip an innocent woman. It’s …show more content…
Legree calls his servants Sambo and Quimbo and gives them permission to beat him until he never forgets it. With this discussion, Legree, hated Tom, he treated him horribly. Tom never let Legree have his soul, he rather suffer his whole life than to give it to him. After a couple of slaves escape, Legree assumes that Tom must know where they are. Indeed, he does but when Legree asked him, he denied it. Toms master knew he was lying and began to beat him again. He beat him so bad Tom could not get up and bearly speak. He did tell Legree that he would die before telling him where the slaves are. Although Tom tried his best to fight against his master’s harsh ways, he could not live to tell the tale. Legree let him die slowly and painfully .Tom did win his soul but in order to win it he had to lose his