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Uncle Tom - The hero of the novel, a faithful and very intelligent slave. On the Shelby estate he serves as a kind of a spiritual father to the slaves. He does not run away when he learns he will be sold away from his wife and children. He is bold in his convictio ....

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.... with her husband, a fellow slave from another plantation who had already run away. George Harris - A slave on an estate near the Shelby’s. He is Eliza’s husband. As well, he is intelligent and has learned to read and write. He heads for Canada without his wife and son, hoping to earn the money to redeem them as soon as possible. He does not like white folks until the end when they help him. He ends up going to Liberia to live, where there is no slavery. Mr. and Mrs. Shelby- A very nice couple who own some of the slaves. They treat them like actual people. Little Harry- Eliza’s son. He is not mentioned very much but he is the reason that ....