AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Question
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Eliza and Harry
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Uncle Tom and Cassy
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Uncle Tom and Eliza
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Uncle Tom and Harry
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Detailed explanation-1: -Haley says that one slave alone will not suffice, and he asks for Shelby to include a boy or girl with the trade. Despite Shelby’s reluctance, they decide upon Harry, the son of Eliza, Mrs. Shelby’s maid.
Detailed explanation-2: -Moreover, Haley suggests another of slavery’s immoral functions when he tells Shelby that Eliza would sell well in New Orleans; he would sell her into sexual slavery. He does not state this intent for little Harry, but we will learn that both Mrs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Book Summary. Arthur Shelby, a Kentucky farmer and slaveowner, is forced by debt to sell two slaves-Uncle Tom and Harry, the young son of his wife’s servant Eliza-to a trader named Haley.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mrs. Shelby is horrified; he has promised Tom his freedom, and she has assured Eliza her child is safe. Shelby admits that Haley held a mortgage on their property and that he was forced to choose between selling those two and selling everything, including all their slaves.