USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Through punishment and reward, Legree turns Quimbo and Sambo into his companions and enforcers. The two men are coerced into beating other enslaved people at Legree’s command. It is Quimbo and Sambo who whip Tom to his death; as Tom lay dying, they express remorse and shame.

Detailed explanation-2: -13), E. L. Doctorow offers no criticism of the cliche about “Uncle Tom’s passive submission to his fate.” Uncle Tom is beaten to death in two stages, first by fellow slaves at the order of Simon Legree, then by Legree himself, because of Tom’s Christ-centered refusal to be dominated by Legree and to obey his orders.

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: -Tom sold to Simon Legree His wife reneges on her late husband’s vow and sells Tom at auction to a vicious plantation owner named Simon Legree. Tom is taken to rural Louisiana with other new slaves including Emmeline, whom Simon Legree has purchased to use as a sex slave.