Uncle Tom

E49783

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.

Aliases (1)

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	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 United States →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Augustine St. Clare → Simon Legree →	purchases
Eva St. Clare →	deathHasEffectOn
Eva St. Clare →	hasFriend
Eva St. Clare →	influencesCharacter
Simon Legree ("Uncle Tom (indirectly, through ordered beating)") →	kills
Uncle Tom's Cabin →	mainCharacter
Simon Legree →	ordersBeatingOf
Augustine St. Clare →	relationshipWith
Simon Legree →	whips