Toms Cabin

Having run up large debts, a Kentucky farmer named Arthur Shelbyfaces the prospect of losing everything he owns. He decides that the only way to raise money is to sell two of his slaves to Mr. Haley, a coarse slave trader. The slaves are Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man with a family on the farm, and Harry the young son of Mrs. Shelby’s maid, Eliza

Although Mrs. Shelby reassures her that Mr.Shelby will not sell Harry, Eliza overhears another conversation between Haley and his wife and, after warning Uncle Tom and his wife, Aunt Chloe, she takes Harry and flees to the North, hoping to find freedom with her husband George in Canada. Haley hires a slave hunter named Loker and his gang to bring Eliza and Harry back to Kentucky. Eliza and Harry make their way to a Quaker settlement, where the Quakers agree to help transport them to safety. They are joined at the settlement by George, who reunites joyously with his family for the trip to Canada. Up North, George and Eliza remain in flight from Loker and his men. When Loker attempts to capture them, George shoots him in the side, and the other slave hunters retreat. Eliza convinces George and the Quakers to bring Loker to the next settlement, where he can be healed. Later, with the help of Tom Loker, George, Eliza, and Harry at last cross over into Canada from Lake Erie and obtain their freedom.

Meanwhile, Uncle Tom sadly leaves his family and and the farm, as Haley takes him to a boat on the Mississippi to be taken to a slave market. On the boat, Tom meets a little white girl named Eva, who quickly befriends him. After diving into water after her to save her, and her father, Augustine St. Clare, gratefully agrees to buy Tom from Haley. After Tom has lived with the St. Clares for two years, Eva grows very ill. She slowly weakens, then dies, with a vision of heaven before her. Her death has a profound effect on everyone who knew her: St. Clare is stabbed to death while