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OBJECTIVES
After going through this module, you should be able
to:
ACTIVATING
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
1. What comes into your mind when you hear the
word, “employment”?
10. He still managed to bestow forgiveness to Aunt Chloe: Uncle Tom’s wife and the Shelby’s cook.
Legree and to the overseers.
Arthur Shelby- The owner of Uncle Tom in Kentucky
a. ask c. tell who sold two of his slaves, Uncle Tom and Harry to
b. show d. grant Mr. Haley to pay off his debts.
Topsy- The uncivilized slave girl who was helped by immediately took his son with her to flee to the
Miss Ophelia to reform through the image of Eva. North with the hope of finding freedom in Canada
wither husband George as a complete family. Mr.
Simon Legree- The ruthlessly evil master of Unlce Haley learned about the escape of Eliza and her son
Tom in Louisiana plantation who fosters violence and wanted to pursue the two but the other slaves of
and hatred among his slaves. the Shelbys alerted Eliza to the danger and she
miraculously evades the capture by crossing the
Cassy- Legree’s (slave) mistress, Eliza’s mother. She
half-frozen Ohio River, the boundary that separates
is a proud and intelligent woman and uses her
Kentucky from the North. Mr. Haley hired a slave
cleverness to escape from Legree.
hunter named Tom Loker, and his gang to search for
Emmeline- A young beautiful slave girl Legree buys Eliza and he son and bring them back to Kentucky.
for himself as a replacement for Cassy as his Fortunately, Eliza and Harry made their way to the
mistress. She was raised as a pious Christian. Quaker settlement in which the Quakers agreed to
help in transporting to safety.
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