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Teachers & SchoolsUncle Tom is notable for his superhuman religious faith, his gentle nature, and his unfailing...
Let’s put it this way: if there had been a musical version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin made...
Tom’s last earthly master, the brutal Louisiana plantation owner Simon Legree, is one of...
Topsy is like Simon Legree in only one way: she’s one of the most famous characters in...
George is an intelligent and innovative young man who happens to be the slave of a cruel, petty...
Eliza Harris, wife of George Harris, is a relatively privileged slave of the Shelbys and a devout...
Augustine St. Clare, father of Eva and brief owner of Tom, is perhaps the most contradictory...
St. Clare’s cousin Miss Ophelia is a pious, hard-working, abolitionist from the North....
Cassy, Legree’s literal sex slave, is a minor but important character who gives Stowe an...
Marie, wife of Augustine St. Clare and mother of the angelic Eva, is a hard-hearted, selfish...
Tom’s first master, Mr. Shelby, is kind but careless. On his Kentucky farm, Mr. Shelby...
Mrs. Shelby is a kind, Christian mistress who takes her responsibilities toward her slaves and...
Mr. Haley, the unscrupulous slave trader who buys Tom and Harry from Mr. Shelby, is just out to...
Aunt Chloe, Uncle Tom’s wife, is a good, faithful, Christian woman, an affectionate mother,...
George Shelby, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby, is a kind young man who loves Uncle Tom. When Tom...
Emmeline, a beautiful fifteen-year-old slave girl, has been raised in an upper-class household by...
Alfred St. Clare, Augustine’s twin brother, is his complete opposite – fully...
Senator and Mrs. Bird live in the free state of Ohio, through which fugitive slaves often passed...
We hear about the slave-catcher Tom Loker early in the novel from his friend Haley, who boasts...
The Quakers are members of a religious sect committed to pacifism and abolition; they help many...
Mr. Wilson, George Harris’s boss at the bagging factory, is a timid but good-hearted man....
Henrique, the young son of Alfred St. Clare, quickly falls in love with his blonde, frail,...
Separated from her brother George when they were children, Madame de Thoux was lucky enough to...
Phineas converted to the Quaker faith because he fell in love with a Quaker woman – but he...