USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Senator Bird knows he cannot harbor them there for the night, but he drives them to a safe house in the woods, owned by John Van Trompe, a former Kentucky slaveholder whose conscience compelled him to move to the North and free his slaves. Senator Bird hands John a ten-dollar bill to give to Eliza.

Detailed explanation-2: -Before Eliza leaves, Mrs. Bird gives the young woman some clothes that had belonged to her son, who passed away recently. The Senator takes Eliza and Harry down a difficult road to honest old John Van Trompe, a man who has freed all of his slaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stowe suggests that Eliza’s amazing leap onto the river ice is made possible only through the unique power of a mother’s love, and Eliza earns Mrs. Bird’s sympathy in part by appealing to her grief for her own dead child.

Detailed explanation-4: -By coincidence (or Divine intervention), a man helps her onto the shore; this is Mr. Symmes, previously introduced as a friend of Shelby’s, who detests slave-catchers such as Haley.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shelby is relieved, Mr. Shelby fears Haley might think he has arranged for Eliza’s flight; he claims that this “touches [his] honor.” The slaves talk excitedly about the pair’s escape.