Summary of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Tom (Harriet Beecher Stowe)

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a work with a colloquial style, well written, with
enormous strength is like a pulpit for its author, the female characters
they are fundamental in the work and the masculine ones wrap them, it is also
the break with many themes of its time. In the work, religiosity is a
constant support against slavery. A very noble and beautiful work in its
human and spiritual content, speaks about slavery and how they were treated
the blacks and men without scruples who felt not the slightest
feeling towards them also contains religiosity since the majority of
the characters rely on Christianity to cope with all their
problems and sadness.
It is a wonderful work that makes you reflect as a human being at the same time.
time that inspires sadness, compassion, and humanity.

Chapter I. A Humanitarian Man

Eliza listens to the conversation between Mr. Haley and Mr. Shelby where
Haley tells Shelby that she wants to buy Tom, Eliza, and her son. Eliza
go and tell Mrs. Shelby.

Chapter II. The Mother

Eliza remembered her husband George, a man who was separated from his master.
that he was loved very much when he was sold by his owner.

Chapter III. Husband and Father

George went to see his wife and son and told his wife how badly he
he was with his new owner and his son, they humiliated and beat him until
they got tired then she, seeing his suffering, did not want to tell him that the lord
Haley wanted to buy it.

Chapter IV. A Night in Uncle Tom's Cabin

Chloe, George, and Uncle Tom were reading the Bible while Mr. Shelby signed the
sales contract of Tom and Harry the son of Eliza.

Chapter V. Feelings of a human being when

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Eliza overheard a conversation between the Shelby gentlemen in which she learns
that they have sold Tom and Harry, he immediately went to Uncle Tom's cabin
to warn him, to make him flee, but when he got there Tom refused to flee; she
He took his son and left.

Chapter VI. Discovery

The next day when Haley went to fetch her new slaves, she found out
that Eliza had fled with her son, Mr. Shelby became so furious
he ordered Andy and Sam to help Haley search for it.

Chapter VII. A Mother's Struggle

Eliza, with her child in her arms, fled only with her prayers and pleas to the.
Almighty, while Chloe was weeping bitterly over the decision of her
boss, Tom calmly resigned himself to his master's decision when he ordered him
he called and told him the decision he had made; Tom reproached him nothing and
she accepted, while Eliza kept running with Haley behind her. Sam and Andy
they realized that I was close to reaching Eliza and they did everything
possible for him to escape and he arrived at a farm.

Chapter VIII. A Plot

Haley returned to the inn where Eliza was, and while in her room she
A man entered and said to him: that Tom Loker was sending him, meanwhile Haley
I was asking Tom Loker for help to find Eliza, Sam, and Andy in that.
At the moment they were arriving at the Shelby house, the lady was anxiously asking.
When Sam told him what had happened, he explained everything to him; the lady sent them with Chloe.
the cook to give them a little food as a reward for what
they had done, at that moment Haley had already made a plan with her friends
to go for Eliza since they wanted a young white woman who was there
Eliza was hiding.
Chapter IX. A senator is a man like the others

Senator Bird was telling his wife that a was approved.

law where they cannot protect black people and she told him that she believes more in the
Suddenly, Cudjoe entered and the lady discovered Eliza.
Ms. Bird was interrogated, and she told them her story; it moved them so much.
that Mr. Bird decided to take her personally to Van Trompe's house, to the
When they arrived, they told him the story of Eliza and he accepted her staying there and gave her.
a lot of trust.

Chapter X. Taking Office

Tom, Chloe, and their children are at the cabin, she is preparing food for him.
clothes while he reads his Bible, then Mrs. Selby arrived and promised him that she would
I would rescue it as soon as possible, but Haley arrived and took it away, suddenly it
they were stopped with the blacksmith to buy some handcuffs when George them
he found out and got so furious that he wanted to kill Haley but Tom didn't let him and
George tied a dollar around his neck; on the way, Haley told him that if he
I would treat him well if he behaved well.

Chapter XI. Human property revolted against the

owner

George, Eliza's husband, met Mr. Wilson and told him that
he had lost his mother, father, and sisters, he was disguised and pretended to be
He called Butler, telling him that he was going to Canada to look for his wife and his son.
then Mr. Wilson offered him money and he accepted it on the condition that
that he would pay him for it, he gave him a pin and asked him to deliver it to his wife and
that he would tell her that he would love her until the last day of his life.

Chapter XII. A Notable Incident

Haley bought another 3 slaves and upon boarding the ship, bought another slave woman with
his children who did not know that they had been sold and when the woman
Haley distracted sold her son and at night the woman jumped into the sea and
suicide while Haley seemed not to care.

Chapter XIII. The Way of Being of the Quakers

George was rescued by a group of Quakers and they took him to the house where
Eliza and her son were.

Chapter XIV. Evangelina

On the ship, Tom met Evangelina and her parents, he became friends with her,
the girl asked her father to buy it, one day she fell into the water and Tom without
to think about it, he launched himself for her, the girl's father bought it.

Chapter XV. Tom's new boss and other things

Evangelina, her father, and her aunt who was 45 years old and was treated like a child
they arrived at the house where Eva's mother, named Marie, was.
Those who lived there were so happy that even a slave forgot that he was one.

Chapter XVI. Tom's new mistress and her opinions

Marie was a woman full of resentment who stunned Ophelia, the person in charge of the
home all the time, he also didn't like black people, a day before leaving to the
Church Eva gave a testament of her kindness by giving her jar of gold salts and
diamonds to a maid for which her mother blamed the father for the
girl and told her that she had to see the differences between them and the servants.

Chapter XVII. The Resistance of the Free Man

George, Eliza, and their son were very happy when Simon arrived to tell them
that they were looking for them to flee with a friend named Michael, they left.
but they were caught so they got off the carriage and hid in a
mount then his pursuers started shooting until they left and
Tom Loker was left badly injured, George and his family helped him and
They took him to a friend's house of Michael so he could recover.

Chapter XVIII. Experiences and Opinions

Tom met Prue, a woman who sold rolls, and they mistreated her if she didn't.
they were selling them, he helped her with her basket and asked her why she was drunk
she said she preferred hell and Tom spoke to her about Jesus Christ, but she
he insisted that there were also whites in heaven and they would whip them.
Chapter XIX. Continuation...

A few days passed and another woman arrived selling rolls, when Ophelia
he asked about Prue, she told him that she was in a dying cave; when
Ophelia mentioned it at dinner, no one seemed to take it seriously, not even
Agustine, Eva's father, on the other hand, Eva felt compassion.

Chapter XX. Topsy

Agustine bought Ophelia a black girl named Topsy whom no one

she wanted to, but Ophelia was teaching her everything and becoming very fond of her, Eva and
They became great friends and their friendship lasted 2 years.

Chapter XXI. Kentucky

Tom writes a letter saying that until he gathers the necessary money
He will return, and upon hearing this, Chloe asks for permission to go where he is and help him.
to gather the money to buy her freedom, Mrs. Shelby supports her, but Mr.
Decide to think about it.

Chapter XXII. When the grass is mowed, the flower wilts

Evangelina got sick. Tom and Ophelia noticed, but her parents did not.
they became important, since they had inherited the disease from their grandmother.

Chapter XXIII. Henry

An uncle and his cousin Henry from Eva went on vacation.

his cousin gave Dodo a black one a whip and Eva went to help him;
Eva asked her cousin not to treat black people that way. Henry promised.

Chapter XXIV. Dismal Omens

The doctor told her that she would get better but Eva felt that she was already going to die and a
day said to Tom that she understood Jesus since she would also die for
any of the slaves that I knew.
Chapter XXV. The Little Evangelist

Topsy kept stealing, so Ophelia whipped her, Eva saw it and ran to
Tell the girl that Jesus loved her and to stop her bad actions and he told her to
his aunt that he should stop seeing Topsy as a black woman since that was what he
prevented me from loving her.

Chapter XXVI. Death

Eva called all the slaves and asked her aunt to cut her
hair to the servants told them that he loved them and that they should never stray from God,
she gave each one a curl and asked them to remember her when they saw it
And from God, a few days later, after a sigh, he died.

Chapter XXVII. Pain!

Despite the fact that Agustine felt great pain, he did not express it, Tom...
He approached to console him and he asked her to help him pray and love Jesus as his
daughter did it and Tom managed to soften her heart.

Chapter XXVIII. The meeting

Agustine promised Tom that he would be free, while Ophelia wanted him every day.
more to Topsy so much that she put it under her name, Agustine and Marie were more
sad; One day Agustine went to a bar where he died in a confrontation
where he was injured accidentally.

Chapter XXIX. Weak Support

Agustine died and Marie, without caring about anything or anyone, decided to sell everything, thus
that Ophelia sent a letter to Mrs. Shelby saying that Tom, Adolfo
and another half dozen slaves would be sold to the first trafficker who
they will find.

Chapter XXX. Slave warehouse

They took all the slaves to the auction and Simon Legree bought Tom, to
an elderly woman and her daughter, a girl named Emmeline.
Chapter XXXI. The Crossing

Simon, a bitter, brutal, and vile man, made his slaves take off their
clothes and put on a completely torn one during the boat trip on the Red River.

Chapter XXXII. The Dark Places

All the slaves arrived at the house and they were taken to some huts.
including Tom, but instead Emmeline Simon was taken to the house and
He told her that if she was good to him, she would be treated like a Lady.

Chapter XXXIII. Cassy

Lucy was exhausted and if she didn't carry 3 kilos of cotton they would whip her so
Tom was putting his cotton in hers. Cassy, seeing Tom's nobility.
He did the same by giving cotton to Tom; when weighing the baskets, they all weighed more.
of 3 kilos for which Simón promoted Tom to foreman and ordered him to whip.
Lucy refused him, and Sambo and Quimbo whipped him.

Chapter XXXIV. History of Quarantine

Tom was in a small room bathed in blood when Cassy arrived and him
I healed her wounds and gave her water, she told me her story and why she had the
hard heart, he was amazed and began to pray for her.

Chapter XXXV. Memories of Love

Quimbo finds the dollar and shows Tom's curls to Simón.

he thinks it is witchcraft, he was so afraid of his mother that he thinks
that she is being invoked goes home and starts drinking with Sambo and
Quimbo, which is why they have an orgy, then Cassy goes for Emmeline and her
take out of the house.

Chapter XXXVI. Emmeline and Cassy

Emmeline proposed to Cassy that they run away, but she did not agree. Simón
he was angry and told Cassy that Tom had to apologize for what he
I refused and when I was about to start hitting him, Cassy intervened for him.
Chapter XXXVII. Freedom

Eliza, George, and their son went to Canada. Eliza dressed as a man and their son as
girl. They arrived at a small village where they were finally free.

Chapter XXXVIII. The Victory

Tom discovered his true victory as the blows and humiliations that
Legree no hurt him anymore. One day Cassy went to look for him.
so that they could escape but he did not agree, he only told her to take Emmeline.

Chapter XXXIX. The Stratagem

Cassy took advantage of the fact that Simón was terrified of the attic in his house already.
that she had taken care of making voices to achieve it, he didn't even
dared to approach the attic door, Cassy kept food there,
money and clothes escaped along with Emmeline and while everyone was looking for them in
the swamp they entered the house through the back door.

Chapter XL. The Martyr

Simón took revenge on Tom and sent his servants Sambo and Quimbo to...
they will half kill him, they did it but then they regretted it and asked for forgiveness
to Tom who would talk to them about Jesus.

Chapter XLI. The Young Master

George went to the plantation where Tom worked and found him dying, he
he tried to buy it but they didn't want to sell it to him, Tom when he saw it told me that by
please tell your son and your wife that it was a pride to be a Christian and
died.

Chapter XLII. Authentic story of a ghost

Cassy and Emmeline drove Simon crazy and went on a boat in

where they met George and Madame Thoux, Madame asked George
that I met his brother who turned out to be Eliza's husband upon hearing
Cassy fainted.
Chapter XLIII. Results

Madame Thoux, Cassy, and Emmeline, with the help of a reverend, went to
Canada and found Eliza and George, then all together traveled to the
George's dream of Africa made him famous worldwide.

Chapter XLIV. The liberator

George returned home. Chloe hoped that Tom would come with him, but he didn't.
after dinner he gathered all the slaves and finally gave them their long-awaited
freedom, he promised them work and told them how Tom had died so they
he asked that every time they saw the 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' they remember him.

Characters

Uncle Tom: Shelby's right-hand man, a tall strong man, broad torso, full of
kindness, inspired respect, despite its simplicity and intelligent humility.
house cook of the Shelbys, wife of Tom.
Eliza
slim woman, tall, delicate hands and feet, mother of Eliza
Evangelina Saint Clare: 5-year-old girl, blonde, noble, kind, loved the
black, Tom's friend, like an angel.
George Harris: 35 years old, talented slave, physically handsome, man of
trust of a factory husband of Eliza who called himself Butler.
George Shelby: smart and kind boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby.
Mr. Shelby: Tom's first masters, good, kind, and benevolent, parents
by George.
Agustine: Son of a rich planter, master of Tom, father of Evangelina, alone
he had a brother, a frivolous and skeptical man, not very religious.
Ophelia Saint Clare: Governess of Evangelina and cousin of her father, 45 years old,
tall, strong and angular in shape, thin face, black eyes, harsh features,
thin lips.
Mother of Evangelina, selfish, hard, cruel, blackmailer, and manipulative.
Sambo and Quimbo: servants of Simón, cruel, bitter, but in the end they
They return kind and good thanks to Tom.
Simon Legree: Cruel, vile, and ruthless man. With a hard and marked heart.
Drunk.
Haley: despicable, cruel, vile, evil, trafficker of blacks.
Emmeline: Slave of Simon Legree, cunning and young.
Topsy: Black, adopted daughter of Ophelia initially a thief, but to...
good time, kind, cheerful, and good friend