Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Toms Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe|Uncle Toms Cabin Having run up large debts, Arthur Shelby, a Kentucky farmer, is on the verge of losing everything he owns. In this desperate hour, he decides to sell two of his slaves to raise money, despite his family having affectionate relationships with those two, to Mr Haley, a coarse slave trader. The slaves in question are Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man and Harry, the young son of Mrs Shelbys maid, Eliza. When Mrs Shelby finds out about the arrangement, she is appalled because she has promised Eliza that her son would not be sold under any circumstances. Harriet Beecher Stowes ground-breaking novel