What Was The Cost Of Uncle Tom's Life

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Uncle Tom was an African American. He had a perfect life until a financial decision was made. This decision was chose to take Uncle Tom away and give him to another family. When Uncle Tom was about to embark on a journey down the Mississippi River he only had his faith to hold on to. Along the way he meets this girl named Eva who made one wrong move. She fell overboard of the ship. Thanks to Uncle Tom he jumped over to save Eva from drowning. This was very high risk because he was a black man and he could have been killed for doing this. Thankfully St. Claire decided to purchase Uncle Tom. Thanks to St. Claire Uncle Tom’s life was carefree. Even though he had a very good life and had everything he wanted that meant very little to him. He