Synopsis

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayed the horrors of slavery and ignited need for abolition. Banning of this novel only fueled the theme of it and opened the way for American Civil War. Slaves Uncle Tom and Eliza lead reasonably peaceful life under their master Arthur Shelby, who owns a farm in Kentucky. His farming losses force him to sell two of his slaves. Eliza escapes from the home thinking her five year old son will be separated from her. Tom has been sold to a slave trader and while on a boat he saves a child Eva, who becomes a good friend of her and on her request his father buys Tom. Both Tom and Eliza are hunted by slave traders and the brutally beaten Tom's death could not be averted as it was too late when his beloved master came to buy him back.

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