SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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A slave named Tom and his mean master
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Harriet Beecher Stowe and her family
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George Washington and Robert E. Lee
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Simon Legree Tom’s ruthlessly evil master on the Louisiana plantation. A vicious, barbaric, and loathsome man, Legree fosters violence and hatred among his slaves. Read an in-depth analysis of Simon Legree .
Detailed explanation-2: -Stowe’s Tom is brave, strong, and good. He saves the life of and is a good friend to Little Eva, his slaveholder’s frail young daughter. After Tom is sold to the evil Simon Legree, he is whipped to death for refusing to divulge the whereabouts of some runaways.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Uncle Tom’s Cabin” refers to the small home that Tom, a main character, creates with his wife Chloe on his master’s property in Kentucky, before his master sells him south. The small house a place of domestic comfort even to Tom’s master’s son, who spends many hours at the cabin reading the Bible out loud to Tom.