Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to explain the ideas of slavery and suffering throughout the novel. Stowe wanted to educate the audience about the hardships that came with slavery by giving them a better understanding of the ways people suffered from slavery, the kind slave owners, along with the terrible owners, and Christian beliefs.
At the beginning of the novel, Mr. Shelby is suffering from debt that he owes to a man named Mr. Haley, so he has to sell some of his slaves in order to pay it off. One of Mr. Shelby’s slaves, Eliza, also suffers because she will be separated from her family (ch. 1). Stowe shows how the owners didn’t care much about their slaves and that they saw them as animals. She wanted the people to realize that slavery was immoral. When Eliza and George run off to Canada, they are chased down by people who don’t care about them whatsoever, and it results in George getting shot (ch. 17).
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Clare’s family were mostly kind to the slaves. Tom rescued a little girl, Eva, from drowning and she was interested in him ever since then (ch. 14). Miss Ophelia didn’t enjoy how Eva loved and kissed on the slaves (ch. 15). Eva was the sweetest out of her whole family and really loved the slaves. But she began to get sick, so St. Clare guaranteed Tom his freedom soon after she passed away (ch. 22-26). Before Tom was able to be free, St. Clare was stabbed, resulting in Tom being sent to a slave warehouse (268).
Not all slaves had good owners. There were many that only saw them as property and didn’t care about the person’s needs or well-being. Stowe wanted her audience to realize the reality the slaves lived in. Eliza overheard that her son, Henry was going to be sold so she took him and ran away to Canada (80). She also wanted the people to realize that the slaves had families of their own, and they were taken away from them in the blink of an
At the beginning of the novel, Mr. Shelby is suffering from debt that he owes to a man named Mr. Haley, so he has to sell some of his slaves in order to pay it off. One of Mr. Shelby’s slaves, Eliza, also suffers because she will be separated from her family (ch. 1). Stowe shows how the owners didn’t care much about their slaves and that they saw them as animals. She wanted the people to realize that slavery was immoral. When Eliza and George run off to Canada, they are chased down by people who don’t care about them whatsoever, and it results in George getting shot (ch. 17).
Not only did the slaves suffer, the slave owners did as well. The more …show more content…
Clare’s family were mostly kind to the slaves. Tom rescued a little girl, Eva, from drowning and she was interested in him ever since then (ch. 14). Miss Ophelia didn’t enjoy how Eva loved and kissed on the slaves (ch. 15). Eva was the sweetest out of her whole family and really loved the slaves. But she began to get sick, so St. Clare guaranteed Tom his freedom soon after she passed away (ch. 22-26). Before Tom was able to be free, St. Clare was stabbed, resulting in Tom being sent to a slave warehouse (268).
Not all slaves had good owners. There were many that only saw them as property and didn’t care about the person’s needs or well-being. Stowe wanted her audience to realize the reality the slaves lived in. Eliza overheard that her son, Henry was going to be sold so she took him and ran away to Canada (80). She also wanted the people to realize that the slaves had families of their own, and they were taken away from them in the blink of an