This piece is about slaves, even well-treated ones, are not safe as long as humans can be bought and sold to anyone who can afford it. Because the story is broken up into certain chapters to be read, I found it slightly difficult in understanding what was happening in the story.
A core idea that the author is depicting is the cruel treatment of slaves. The slaves are chained together. Another idea is how slaves had no human value. The reader with the various horrors of slavery, and Stowe pays particular attention to the