Uncle Tom's Cabin

VOLUME I CHAPTER I—In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity CHAPTER II—The Mother CHAPTER III —The Husband and Father CHAPTER IV—An Evening in Uncle Tom’s Cabin CHAPTER V—Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners CHAPTER VI—Discovery CHAPTER VII—The Mother’s Struggle CHAPTER VIII—Eliza’s Escape CHAPTER IX—In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man CHAPTER X—The Property Is Carried Off CHAPTER XI—In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind CHAPTER XII—Select Incident of Lawful Trade CHAPTER XIII—The Quaker Settlement CHAPTER XIV—Evangeline CHAPTER XV—Of Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters CHAPTER XVI—Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions CHAPTER XVII—The Freeman’s Defence CHAPTER XVIII—Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions

VOLUME II CHAPTER—Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions Continued XIX CHAPTER XX—Topsy CHAPTER XXI—Kentuck CHAPTER XXII—“The Grass Withereth—the Flower Fadeth” CHAPTER XXIII—Henrique CHAPTER XXIV—Foreshadowings CHAPTER XXV—The Little Evangelist CHAPTER XXVI—Death CHAPTER XXVII—“This Is the Last of Earth” CHAPTER XXVIII—Reunion CHAPTER XXIX—The Unprotected CHAPTER XXX—The Slave Warehouse CHAPTER XXXI—The Middle Passage CHAPTER XXXII—Dark Places CHAPTER XXXIII—Cassy CHAPTER XXXIV—The Quadroon’s Story CHAPTER XXXV—The Tokens CHAPTER XXXVI—Emmeline and Cassy CHAPTER XXXVII—Liberty CHAPTER XXXVIII—The Victory CHAPTER XXXIX—The Stratagem CHAPTER XL—The Martyr CHAPTER XLI—The Young Master CHAPTER XLII—An Authentic Ghost Story CHAPTER XLIII—Results CHAPTER XLIV—The Liberator CHAPTER XLV—Concluding Remarks

Eliza comes to tell Uncle Tom that he is sold, and that she is running away to save her child. THE AUCTION SALE. THE FREEMAN’S DEFENCE. LITTLE EVA READING THE BIBLE TO UNCLE TOM IN THE ARBOR. CASSY MINISTERING TO UNCLE TOM AFTER HIS WHIPPING. THE FUGITIVES ARE SAVE IN A FREE LAND.

Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen were sitting alone over their wine, in a well-furnished dining parlor, in the town of P——, in Kentucky. There were no servants present, and the gentlemen, with chairs closely approaching, seemed to be discussing some subject with great earnestness.

For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two _gentlemen_. One of the parties, however, when critically examined, did not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is trying to elbow his way upward in the world. He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with the general air of the man. His hands, large and coarse, were plentifully bedecked with rings; and he wore a heavy gold watch-chain, with a bundle of seals of portentous size, and a great variety of colors, attached to it,—which, in the ardor of conversation, he was in the habit of flourishing and jingling with evident satisfaction. His conversation was in free and easy defiance of Murray’s Grammar,[1] and was garnished at convenient intervals with various profane expressions, which not even the desire to be graphic in our account shall induce us to transcribe.

His companion, Mr. Shelby, had the appearance of a gentleman; and the arrangements of the house, and the general air of the housekeeping, indicated easy, and even opulent circumstances. As we before stated, the two were in the midst of an earnest conversation.