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Detailed explanation-1: -George shows Mr. Wilson his master’s parting gift: the branding of the letter “H” in his hand.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Chapter 13, the scene changes to a cheerful country kitchen in Indiana, where Eliza is sitting with an older white woman, Rachel Halliday, a Quaker. Rachel’s husband, Simeon, arrives and tells them that George has arrived in the settlement and will be at their house that evening. Eliza faints.

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary: Chapter XIV Tom and the other slaves continue to travel down the Mississippi River, joined by travelers and workers headed for New Orleans. Tom has won Haley’s confidence with his meek obedience. Therefore, he has received permission to roam the boat freely.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mr. Haley and Uncle Tom stop at an executor’s sale, where the property of a deceased person is being divvied up and sold at auction. They watch a man telling an old black woman, Aunt Hager, that he’ll try to sell her with her remaining child, Albert, instead of separating the two of them.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mr. Wilson, George Harris’s boss at the bagging factory, is a timid but good-hearted man. He tries to stick up for George when his master decides to humiliate him, take him away from his job, and put him to work doing menial tasks around the farm – but he has no legal power to prevent this.