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As well, he is intelligent and has learned to read and write. He heads for Canada without his wife and son, hoping to earn the money to redeem them as soon as possible. He does not like white folks until the end when they help him. He ends up going to Liberia to live, where there is no slavery.
Mr. and Mrs. Shelby- A very nice couple who own some of the slaves. They treat them like actual people.
Little Harry- Eliza’s son. He is not mentioned very much but he is the reason that she runs away.
Simon Legree- He is the evil owner that ends up buying Tom. He beats Tom to death because he will not denounce his beliefs.
Tom Looker and Marks- Slave hunters hired to track down the slaves.


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Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811. She was the seventh of nine children in the household of Lyman Beecher and his first wife, Roxana Foote Beecher. He was a Presbyterian pastor. Harriet had been the daughter, the sister, the wife, and ...

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