Violence In Uncle Tom's Cabin

If we remember correctly, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin there were many examples of violence. We truly didn’t realize how badly the slave were getting whipped, abused, beaten, starved, and worked to death. Slavery was frequently a brutal institution. People still get beat today, but we don’t really see as much as people would see it back in the days. Slavery is portrayed as progressively evil.
First example of violence is when St. Clare had tried to stop a bar fight and ended up getting stabbed. St. Clare had asked Tom to pray for him. “St.Clare had turned into a cafe, to look over an evening paper. As he was reading, an affray arose between two gentlemen in the room, who were both partially intoxicated. St. Clare and one or two others made an effort to separate them, and St. Clare received a fatal stab in the side with a bowie- knife, which he attempts to wrest from one of them. The house was full of cries and lamentations, shrieks and screams; servants frantically tearing their hair, throwing themselves on the ground, or running distractedly about, lamenting” (Beecher-Stowe 268). In chapter 33, Tom had gotten in trouble for helping a beautiful woman named Lucy. She had been struggling so Tom had decided to help her. Sambo had came to yell at Lucy and she told him “Touch me if you dare.” Later that night, Samboo had told Legree that …show more content…
It had shown how the slaves were truly treated and handled. The slaves were always sold to different people and had no idea where they were being sold too. When the slaves wouldn’t do something right, the slave owners could punish the slaves very badly. Some of the slave owners were very mean and rude just like Mr. Legree. He was a man who wouldn’t destroy his power. When he is given total power over everything he doesn’t take advantage of that. Who wouldn’t take advantage of the power that you’re given. If you are given as much power as you can you would wanna use