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I read the book, named “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” It’s about the slavery in America. This book became one reason of caused American Civil War. Because many people read this book and aware that slavery is serious problem.
George Shelby is a free, slave-owning white man. He is kind to all of his black slaves and they all enjoy working for him. As of recently though, he has run into financial trouble and needs to sell one or two of his slaves. He chooses to sell Uncle Tom and a small boy named Harry. Harry’s mother, Elizah, overhears the conversation and decides to run away to Canada with her son. Elizah trying to persuade Tom to run away with her. But Tom’s refused her offer.
Tom has been sold to a kind man, luckily, by the name of St. Clare. St. Clare makes him take his daughter. A few years into Tom’s stay, St. Clare’s daughter, Eva, is stricken with a deadly disease. …show more content…

Before Tom can be freed, however, St. Clare is stabbed and killed trying to break up a bar fight. Tom is sold and is not so lucky with the new master that he gets. The new owner Legree always treats his slaves like a dog. One day two slaves run away from Legree’s farm and Legree tortured Tom because he want to know where the two slaves are going. Because of Legree’s maltreatment, Tom nearly die. The day after the Legree’s sharp abused, Mr. Shelby (the son of George Shelby) came to Legree’s farm to fetch Tom’s over to Shelby’s house. But when Shelby meet Tom, Tom

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