UNCLE TOM -Uncle Tom manages the Shelby plantation. Strong, intelligent, capable, good, and kind, he is the most heroic figure in the novel that bears his name. Tom's mostimportant characteristic is his Christian faith. God has given Tom an extraordinary ability. He can forgivethe evil done to him. His self-sacrificing love for others has been called motherly. It has also been calledtruly Christian. AUNT CHLOE- Aunt Chloe, Uncle Tom's wife, is fat, warm, and jolly. She is a good housekeeperand a superb cook, and justly proud of her skill. She loves Tom, and urges him to escape to Canada ratherthan to go South with Haley. After Tom is sold, she convinces the Shelbys to hire her out to a baker inLouisville and to use her wages to buy Tom's freedom. She is heartbroken to learn of his death. - MOSE, PETE, AND POLLY - Mose, Pete, and Polly, the children of Uncle Tom and AuntChloe, are playful and rambunctious. Polly is Tom's special favorite, and she loves to bury her tiny hands inhis hair. ELIZA HARRIS - Eliza Harris is raised by her mistress, Mrs. Shelby, to be piousand good. Described as light-skinned and pretty, Eliza dearly loves her husband, George Harris, and theirlittle boy, Harry. When she learns that Harry is about to be sold, Eliza carries him in her arms to the OhioRiver, which she crosses on cakes of ice. Although generally a modest and retiring young woman, Elizabecomes extraordinarily brave because of her love for her son. GEORGE HARRIS- George Harris, portrayed as a light-skinned and intelligent slave, belongs to a man named Harris. He is married to Eliza, who lives on the Shelby plantation, and they have ason, Harry. HARRY AND LITTLE ELIZA - Harry and little Eliza are the children of George and Eliza Harris. Harry, born a slave ...
