Uncle Tom’s Cabin a fictional story done by Harriet Beecher Stowe after the 1851 enactment by the United States Congress of a Fugitive Slave Act this had the effect of Africans and African Americans who had escaped from slavery in the Southern states and were living in the Northern states to be sent back to captivity.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born on June 13, 1811; she was the seventh of nine children born to Roxana Foote Beecher the granddaughter of a Revolutionary general and Lyman Beecher a blacksmith’s son and Congregational minister. Harriet was inspired by her mother’s aunts and this is where she gained the confidence to become a writer as well as a house wife and mother.
Main Characters:
Uncle Tom- The main character, a slave belonging to Shelby.
Eliza and George Harris- Mrs. Shelby’s servant and her husband.
Arthur, Emily and George Shelby-the Kentucky farmer and owner of the slaves Tom and Eliza his wife and son.
Aunt Chloe- Tom’s wife and the cook for the Shelby’s.
Dan Haley-A slave trader.
Tom Locker and Marks- Slave-catchers.
Augustine, Marie and Eva St. Clare-A couple and their son from New Orleans that buys Tom and Haley.
Simon Legree- A plantation owner that buys Tom at auction.
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Clare family forms a close relationship with Eva and she reads to him from her bible, they both begin to understand and love Christianity. Tom is later given the responsibility of marketing for the St. Clare household. The St. Clare’s write a letter to Tom’s wife in Kentucky to let her know that is fine and where he is at. Tom’s wife Chloe decides then that she is going to convince Mrs. Shelby that she should be hired out to work in a bakery in Louisville where she then can save her wages and buy Tom’s freedom. Eliza and George their son and two other salves are being driven to the next stop on their journey when they are stop by slave-catchers, George shoots and wounds one with a pistol and the other
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born on June 13, 1811; she was the seventh of nine children born to Roxana Foote Beecher the granddaughter of a Revolutionary general and Lyman Beecher a blacksmith’s son and Congregational minister. Harriet was inspired by her mother’s aunts and this is where she gained the confidence to become a writer as well as a house wife and mother.
Main Characters:
Uncle Tom- The main character, a slave belonging to Shelby.
Eliza and George Harris- Mrs. Shelby’s servant and her husband.
Arthur, Emily and George Shelby-the Kentucky farmer and owner of the slaves Tom and Eliza his wife and son.
Aunt Chloe- Tom’s wife and the cook for the Shelby’s.
Dan Haley-A slave trader.
Tom Locker and Marks- Slave-catchers.
Augustine, Marie and Eva St. Clare-A couple and their son from New Orleans that buys Tom and Haley.
Simon Legree- A plantation owner that buys Tom at auction.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is …show more content…
Clare family forms a close relationship with Eva and she reads to him from her bible, they both begin to understand and love Christianity. Tom is later given the responsibility of marketing for the St. Clare household. The St. Clare’s write a letter to Tom’s wife in Kentucky to let her know that is fine and where he is at. Tom’s wife Chloe decides then that she is going to convince Mrs. Shelby that she should be hired out to work in a bakery in Louisville where she then can save her wages and buy Tom’s freedom. Eliza and George their son and two other salves are being driven to the next stop on their journey when they are stop by slave-catchers, George shoots and wounds one with a pistol and the other