Uncle Tom

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enslaved person fictional character literary character protagonist

Uncle Tom is the long-suffering, devoutly Christian enslaved man whose moral strength and tragic fate form the emotional and ethical core of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Uncle Tom canonical	20
Uncle Tom (indirectly, through ordered beating)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	enslaved person ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn	Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
associatedWith	19th-century American literature ⓘ American abolitionism ⓘ
causeOfDeath	beating ⓘ
characterTrait	forgiving ⓘ loyal ⓘ morally steadfast ⓘ patient ⓘ pious ⓘ
createdBy	Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ
devotionTo	Bible ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ
diesAt	Simon Legree's plantation ⓘ
firstAppearance	Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasChild	Mose ⓘ Pete ⓘ Polly ⓘ
influences	abolitionist sentiment in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryLegacy	origin of the term "Uncle Tom" in later cultural discourse ⓘ
marriedTo	Aunt Chloe ⓘ
narrativeRole	moral center of the novel ⓘ tragic hero ⓘ
nationality	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: American (enslaved African American)
occupation	coachman ⓘ field hand ⓘ
ownedBy	Arthur Shelby ⓘ
refusesTo	betray other enslaved people ⓘ whip fellow slaves ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
setting	Kentucky ⓘ Louisiana plantation ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ
soldTo	Augustine St. Clare ⓘ Mr. Haley ⓘ Simon Legree ⓘ
symbolizes	Christian forgiveness ⓘ moral resistance to oppression ⓘ suffering of enslaved African Americans ⓘ
themeInWork	Christian martyrdom ⓘ evil of slavery ⓘ moral power of nonviolence ⓘ
timePeriod	Antebellum period ⓘ surface form: Antebellum United States

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uncle Tom's Cabin → mainCharacter → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Augustine St. Clare → purchases → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Augustine St. Clare → relationshipWith → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Eva St. Clare → hasFriend → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Eva St. Clare → influencesCharacter → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Eva St. Clare → deathHasEffectOn → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Simon Legree → whips → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Simon Legree → ordersBeatingOf → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Simon Legree → kills → Uncle Tom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uncle Tom (indirectly, through ordered beating)

Simon Legree → purchases → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Aunt Chloe → spouse → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Pete → relative → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Pete → childOf → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Polly → hasParent → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Polly → father → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Arthur Shelby → employerOf → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Arthur Shelby → enslaves → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Arthur Shelby → sells → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Mr. Haley → contrastsWith → Uncle Tom ⓘ

Mose → hasParent → Uncle Tom ⓘ

The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven → depicts → Uncle Tom ⓘ