SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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St. Clair refused
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St. Clair died
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St. Clair didn’t have legal authority
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none of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because Ophelia insists on having legal control of Topsy, this child alone avoids the general sale of slaves when St. Clare dies and Marie inherits his property.
Detailed explanation-2: -Freedom is a central and complex concept in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Slaves wish to be free, and abolitionists in the novel wish also to free the slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -He was allowed to go about now without chains. He was so good and gentle, that even a man like Haley could not help seeing that it could do no harm to let him go free. Tom helped the sailors to carry the wood on the boat. He was so big and strong that they were very glad to have his help.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arthur Shelby The owner of Uncle Tom in Kentucky, Shelby sells Tom to the cruel Mr. Haley to pay off his debts. An educated, kind, and basically good-hearted man, Shelby nonetheless tolerates and perpetuates slavery.