Shelby plantation
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Shelby plantation is the fictional Kentucky estate in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," where the enslaved protagonist Uncle Tom initially lives and works.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional plantation ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Shelby estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Uncle Tom’s Cabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Harriet Beecher Stowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSocialIssue |
chattel slavery
ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | Uncle Tom’s Cabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext |
19th-century American novel
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abolitionist literature ⓘ |
| hasInhabitantClassInFiction |
enslaved people
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slaveholders ⓘ |
| hasResidentInFiction |
Aunt Chloe
NERFINISHED
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George Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsSubject | literary criticism on Uncle Tom’s Cabin ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | critique of slavery through domestic setting ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction | Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
initial home of Uncle Tom
ⓘ
starting point of Uncle Tom’s journey ⓘ |
| ownerInFiction | Mr. Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Uncle Tom’s Cabin universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 1852 ⓘ |
| settingForEvent |
family separation of enslaved characters
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sale of Uncle Tom ⓘ |
| themeContext |
American slavery
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moral conflict over slavery ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | antebellum United States ⓘ |
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