USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Uncle Tom’s Cabin opens on the Shelby plantation in Kentucky as two enslaved people, Tom and 4-year old Harry, are sold to pay Shelby family debts.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Chapter 44, George Shelby returns home and tells Tom’s wife that her husband is dead; as he promised Tom, he does not tell her the details of how he died. A month after returning, George gives each of his and his mother’s slaves a certificate of freedom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chapter 41 sees the arrival of young George Shelby at Legree’s estate. He has arrived to buy Tom back, but he has come too late: Tom is dying. George begs Tom to live, but Tom says the Lord is taking him home-and Heaven is better than Kentucky-and he makes George promise not to tell Chloe how he has died.

Detailed explanation-4: -George Harris goes to university in France. Then the family decides to seek their fortunes in Liberia. Miss Ophelia takes Topsy home with her to Vermont. Topsy endears herself to everybody and becomes an excellent Christian woman and, eventually, a missionary to Africa.