Arthur Shelby's Relationship With His Slaves

Arthur Shelby the owner of a farm in Kentucky has gotten into deep debt. His debt situation has forced him into the position of having to sell some of his slaves. Mr. Shelby and his wife Emily have good relationships with their slaves. They try to show kindness as well as affection to these men and women who work on their farm. The two slaves that Mr. Shelby thinks about selling are Uncle Tom and Eliza’s son Harry. Uncle Tom is a middle aged man whose wife and children work on the farm with him. He is described as being a man who is a long-suffering, brave, head strong in his faith Christian man. He is a hard worker who stands up for what he believes. Harry is the son of Eliza. Eliza is Mrs. Shelby’s maid who is described as being a bright and a beautiful, brilliant slave. When she overhears Mr. and Mrs. Shelby talking about Mr. Shelby selling her son to Mr. Haley

She begins to have vision of what she sees heaven looking like. Eva has positively influenced all the people around her by her sharing her visions of heaven and later her death. Ophelia has decided due to Eva influence to put her personal opinions of black people behind her, Topsy has decided to improve her overall self, and her father has decided to free Uncle Tom. Augstine had every intention to uphold the promise he made when his daughter died to free Tom, however before he was able to accomplish such a great task he was stabbed outside a Tavern. St. Clare’s wife goes back on her husband’s promise and sells Tom to Simon Legree. Simon Legree can be characterized as an evil, vicious man from a Louisiana plantation. He has a strong hatred against the slaves. Legree begins to show a strong dislike for Tom due his refusal to whip a fellow slave. Instead Simon turns and beats Tom cruelly and is determined to crush Tom’s trust in God. Tom never refuses to stop reading his Bible or praying. He continues to be a comfort to the rest of the slaves on the