hett Kimura
Clark
US History/3A
October 8th, 2014
Uncle Toms Cabin
On a cold day in February two men, Mr. Shelby, the owner of the house who was a reasonable man; and the other, Mr. Haley a slave trader, were discussing the trade of a slave to pay for a debt. This slave's name was Tom. Mr. Shelby was exceedingly fond of Tom, stating that Tom was a “steady, honest and capable man; a good, sensible, fellow.”Tom was Mr. Shelby’s best slave, but the debt he owed would cause him to lose his land. In order to prevent this he sold both Tom and a small boy named Harry. Eliza, Harry’s mother, overhearing that her son was to be taken away from her decides to run off to Canada with the hopes of being free with her husband George. Mr. Shelby requests …show more content…
Shelby discovers that Eliza is gone and is grateful because she could not bare telling her that Mr. Shelby had sold her son. Mr. Haley, the slave trader, also shows up that morning only to find out Harry is gone. With Mr. Haley furious he decides to go after Eliza and her son. Eliza finally reaches the Ohio river, the barrier between the North and the South. In discovering that it is partially covered with ice which would make it impossible for a boat to cross. With the hopes of a boat crossing later she gets a room at a near by inn. Shortly after she sees that the men have found her. With the hopes of being free she leaps into the ice cold river onto a large chunk of ice. Reaching the other side a man named Mr. Symmes, the owner of a near by farm helped her and her son out of the water. He lead her to a house that would help her and her …show more content…
Their plan succeeds and they make their way to freedom. Legree suspects that Tom knows where the women are and in telling him he did not was beaten to near death. On his death bed Mr. Shelbys son arrives in fulfilling his promise of bringing Tom back to his family. In seeing what has happened Tom tells Master George to tell his wife and kids that he loves them and dies. George, furious threatens Legree with murder but in knowing it cannot be proven punches him in the face knocking him to the ground. From that day on he promised all his slaves freedom before his