Uncle Tom's Cabin
Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, in the town of P-----, inKentucky; during the antebellum period. This being in the 1850's was a time periodwhen slavery was accepted in the south. Eleven years after this story was published(January 1, 1863) President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation whichvirtually ended almost 250 years of American slavery (1619-1865). To the Americans,slavery was their right as a person, African Americans were known as objects and wereoften treated like animals. When the Declaration of Independence was written it said"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they areendowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." Written by Thomas Jefferson, but at the sametime they reflected the attitudes of a nation in which individual rights were trampled by aforeign government. But at the same time, Jefferson owned over two hundred slaves athis Virginian plantation. At that time slaves were only counted as 3/5 of a person. Thisnovel is one of few that actually stands out as and exception to the rule that novels are to
Clare family on their plantation in Louisiana. Once in Kentucky, Shelby frees his slaves, allowing them to work onhis plantation for a fee. Fortunately, he hates slave traders and thus took Elizaand Harry to the house of Senator Bird, where they received food and lodging. Shelby, a very religious woman,protesting her husband's decision; and decides to flee the plantation with her son. Tom finds life agreeable on the St. His mastertook him back to his plantation and put him to the most menial farm work. TheQuakers help the family board a ship for Canada before Haley's hired slave hunter, Lokerand Marks, can capture them. Only one of his slaves, Cassy, defies her masterby threatening to do voodoo on him. George Harris, Eliza's husband from a neighboring plantation, who has already left forCanada, using the "underground railroad"; a secret network of people who usher runawayslaves to freedom in the North. Think of your freedom every time you see UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; and let it be amemorial to put you all in mind to follow in his steps, and be as honest and faithful andChristian as he was. Haley, a low man who is trying toelbow his way upward in the world.
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