uncle tom

     

Uncle Tom is a pejorative for an African American who is perceive by others as behaving in a subservient manner to White American authority figures, or as seeking ingratiation with them by way of unnecessary accommodation. The term Uncle Tom comes from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, although there is debate over whether the character himself is deserving of the pejorative attributed to him.

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  • After Little Eva's death, he's sold to Simon Legree
  • Aunt Chloe is the long-suffering wife of this Harriet Beecher Stowe character
  • On his deathbed this slave forgives his sadistic master Simon Legree
  • George Shelby arrives too late to save this title character from bad, bad Simon Legree

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