Slavery In Tom And Silks By John Stowe

and homesteads with slaves is truly unbelievable. Some of the wagers slave owners made were true but others were a gimmick to encourage slaves to complete their work faster and to do a larger quantity of work in a day’s time. Even after this work was completed, some slaves still would not be granted with the pleasing part of their deal.
Tom, unlike some slave, was privileged with being able to have a couple masters that were trustworthy and stood up to their deals. Tom was able to get many letters written and sent back to his family members that were still owned my Mr. and Mrs. Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had appreciated all of the work that Tom had done and treated his family and many other slaves as family in their home. Mrs. Shelby allowed Chloe, Tom’s wife, to keep the money she had earned work for the man (add job she did) to save up to buy Tom back so he could be owned by the Shelbys again.
Another time in the book when Stowe uses characters to show that slavery is inherently evil and immoral is when Tom is sitting on the boat to eventually end up at St. Clare’s house and Stowe, the author, writes about the how the slaves feel emotions just like, and as deeply as, other human beings. In doing so, she shows the mental tax slavery …show more content…
Calling slavery a curse is digging deep into his heart because he himself owned slaves until he saw what slavery had done to Tom. By vowing to buy his slave’s freedom and to pay them, George showed his deep hatred for slavery in general while he had owned slaves for a long time. The underlying theme is supported in this quote because of the strong use of language in “curse” which portrays deep hatred. By buying the freedom of his slaves, George made a promise to pay them for their services and not treat them as an inferior