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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" In the mid-19th century, the Shelby family, a farmer in northern Kentucky, USA, had a black slave who loyally protected his master's interests. Everyone called him Uncle Tom. Shelby went bankrupt due to failed speculation in the stock market, and had to sell Tom and ten other slaves to the slave trader Haley at a low price to pay off the debt. When they were transported back to the south by boat, Tom rescued Eva, the daughter of plantation owner Augustine St. Clair, from the water, so St. Clair bought her and made her a domestic servant. After the death of the frail Eva, St. Clair decided to free Tom and other slaves according to his daughter's last wish. However, before Saint Clair could complete the routine procedures for liberation, he was killed in an accident. Tom fell into the hands of Legree, a ruthless cotton plantation owner. In order to rescue the slave girls Cathy and Emmeline who did not want to be Legree's playthings, Uncle Tom was beaten black and blue, and passed away in front of George, the son of his former master Shelby, who came to rescue him. After George returned to his hometown, he liberated the black slaves on the manor in Tom's name. And said: "Whenever you see Uncle Tom's cabin, be reminded of your freedom. Let the cabin become a monument in his memory."