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Analysis of Uncle Tom

 

            Uncle Tom's Cabin consists of one main storyline and a secondary story of importance almost tantamount to that of the main story. Both are triggered by the actions of one benevolent slaveholder, Mr. Shelby. The book opens with a meeting between Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley, a slavetrader. Through their meeting together on Mr. Shelby's Kentucky plantation, the proprieter of the property agrees to sell his best hand, Tom, and a little slave boy of fourteen years by the name of Jim. .
             The two stories get started after Eliza, the mother of Jim and mistress to Mrs. Shelby overhears what transpires between the two men. Upon hearing what is in store for her son and Tom (a beloved entity among all on the plantation) she decides to run away with her son to the free states. Before she leaves she informs Tom of his impending fate so he can leave with them. However, Tom declines to run. He tells Eliza to run away in order to save her child, but he would not dare to run because he Mr. Shelby would just have to find a substitute for him. The book then chronicles Eliza and Jim's run for freedom and Tom's journey to new slave life. .
             Tom's Journey.
             After Eliza is not quickly recovered, Mr. Haley leaves only with Tom. The goal was to take Tom to a place where he could be auctioned off. However, he did not make it to the block. While on a boat taking both of them down South, Tom saves a little girl named Eva who falls overboard. This prompts her wealthy father to work out a deal with Mr. Haley. Tom was then the property of Mr. Augustus St. Clare. St. Clare owned a rather large plantation around the Louissianna area. He treated all of his slaves well, and he made sure that they were taken care of. Also living with him were his pre-teen daughter, Eva, his wife who was sick, and his cousin, Ms. Ophelia. .
             Life on the St. Clare plantation was good for Tom. He made many new friends, and he became the number one hand on the plantation.


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