Book 2- Uncle Tom's Cabin

This new book starts the reader off instantly with a glimpse of how the slaves are treated. The initial setting starts at a plantation where Arthur Shelby is negotiating with a slave buyer to discuss about slave trades. Arthur is described as being a gentleman who shows no haterade toward his slaves. He is reluctant to sell his slaves because he is in debt. ultimately, He decides to sell 2 of his slaves. to repay his debt.

This actually suggested several things. First, the slaves are viewed as being nothing more than property. This situation is very similar to a business owner whose business collapse and have to sell his car to keep his house. Arthur is doing the same thing beside the fact that the "item" he trades in is an actual human. Second, it explains that no matter how nice the slave owner is, he will still treat the slave as being a mere property. once again, this is similar to our modern situation. the way a nice slave owner treats his slave is similar to how a dog owner would treat his/her dog. it also portray the life of an slave. when an slave is sold, most of the time it's a member of a slave family. For the most part, slaves have to endure the lost of his/her son permanently. life of slaves are not glorious.