Uncle Tom's Cabin

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN


Chapter 1- This book sort of opens with two men talking about slave trade. I don't understand why people have the nerve to talk about trading people like they were baseball cards. When slaves were traded, families were broken up, and I would be miserable if I couldn't be with my family.

Chapter 2- In this chapter, a slave named George invented a machine for cleaning hemp. Instead of his master being proud of him, his master says "let a nigger alone....and they'll invent labor-saving machines." I don't like the way that they say the word nigger. It's really offensive, but I guess that is how it was back then.

Chapter 3- This is the chapter that George tells Eliza, his wife, that he has decided to try to escape to Canada. He says that his master has worked him too hard for too long. He says to look out for their son Harry. Harry is male, and when fate strikes, it will pierce through Eliza's soul.

Chapter 4- This chapter introduc...