Augustine St. Clare
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Augustine St. Clare is a wealthy, conflicted New Orleans slave owner in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," whose moral ambivalence and eventual change of heart highlight the cruelties of slavery.
Aliases (1)
- St. Clare ×1
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character → |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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stage adaptations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin → |
| appearsAs |
master of the St. Clare household
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| appearsIn |
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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| associatedWith |
New Orleans plantation household
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| characterRole |
major character
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slaveholder → |
| characterTrait |
conflicted
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indolent → kind-hearted → morally ambivalent → wealthy → |
| child |
Eva St. Clare
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| createdBy |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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| deathCause |
stab wound from a street fight accident
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| diesBefore |
signing manumission papers
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| familyName |
St. Clare
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| firstPublicationContext |
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
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| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Augustine
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| hasSlave |
Topsy
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household servants → |
| literaryPeriod |
19th-century American literature
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| maritalStatus |
married
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| moralViewOnSlavery |
critical but complicit
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| narrativeFunction |
to expose contradictions of benevolent slaveholding
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| nationality |
American
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| occupation |
slave owner
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| plansTo |
free his slaves
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| purchases |
Uncle Tom
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| relationshipWith |
Uncle Tom
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| religiousInfluenceOn |
influenced by Eva St. Clare’s piety
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| residence |
New Orleans
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| setting |
pre–Civil War American South
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| spouse |
Marie St. Clare
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| symbolizes |
the conflicted Southern slaveholder
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| themeAssociation |
Christian morality
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moral ambivalence → slavery → |
| treats |
slaves relatively humanely
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| undergoes |
moral transformation
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Eva St. Clare
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deathHasEffectOn |
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Augustine St. Clare
("St. Clare")
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familyName |
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Eva St. Clare
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hasFather |
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Eva St. Clare
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influencesCharacter |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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mainCharacter |
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Uncle Tom
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soldTo |