Slavery in Three Works

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This paper contrasts and compares the two authors' feelings, beliefs and attitudes regarding the role of the master in the society of slavery. It asks whether the master and overseers were fatherly figures or only there to keep the slaves in line. This paper explains that these three very different works take two diverse looks at slavery, one through the eyes of a slave-owner committed to the practice and one through the eyes of an abolitionist; and discusses how they come to quite differing conclusions.

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"In "Uncle Tom's Cabin," author Stowe portrays some slave owners as kind and understanding. The Shelby's are this kind of family, and if they had not lived in the South, they may not have even owned slaves. They try to regard them as people, and trust men like Tom with vital parts of their lives, and they are strong enough not to sell him to an unscrupulous dealer like Hadley, whose only real purpose is to make money from the slaves, he treats them like so much horseflesh - valuable, but without feelings or needs. However, far more common were overseers like Simon Legree, who came to stand for evil and cruelty in American culture."

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