Talk:Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom and his Faith

While Uncle Tom is illiterate he learns about faith and the Lord from Master George. Tom relishes on his faith and uses it as a guide for all of his trials and tribulations. Uncle Tom learns towards the end of the story that no matter what his faith and belief in the Lord cannot be taken from him. The reader see this in the interaction with Simon Legree as he is in the process of beating Tom to death for being a man of God. Even though Legree and two other slaves are beating Tom to death, the faithful man finds it in his heart to pray for them as he says, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do". This is one of the lasting impressions Tom leaves on the reader as he is even compassionate towards the men that are murdering him. During Tom's deathly beating he murmurs to his master that he shall have help, and Simon Legree asked who will help Tom, and he responds with that his Lord Almighty will help him. Even during a tyrannical beatdown that would eventually lead to his death Tom stayed true to his faith, and this is exhibited through the entirety of the novel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackreed563980 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2021

(Under major characters)

George Harris- Eliza’s husband. George’s character is an example of how a slave is restricted of freedom. George was granted permission to work at a factory on a lease (Stowe, Ch. II). The factory George worked at involved the cleaning of hemp. He made giant strides for the factory because he invented a machine that would save money and time (Stowe, Ch. II). While he worked at the factory, George enjoyed showing off his intelligence and skills. George became a favorite within the company and his peers thought highly of his hard work. George’s master was notified of George’s successes, then was sent back to work at his master’s farm instead of the factory.

George also has a deep connection with his wife, Eliza. They got married while George was still working at the factory (Stowe, Ch. II). Once George was sent back to the farm, he knew he wanted his relationship with Eliza to continue. He is a devoted husband and a big characteristic of his is loyalty. George’s character is a good example of a hard-working slave who is loyal to his family and who he is working for. DaneMettert (talk) 15:55, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. He's already listed in the other characters section, is there any sourcing that places his as on of the major characters in the book? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:14, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Edit Request: Eric Lott's book title

In the subsection "Plays and Tom shows," Eric Lott's book is incorrectly listed by a chapter title. The book's title is Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CJmusicology (talk • contribs) 21:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for noting. Fixed and moved title from article text into citation. DonFB (talk) 03:57, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

FAR updates request

I'm researching this topic in advance of article updates related to a Featured Article Review, as discussed here. I saw RetiredDuke's comments in this talk page about needed updates and wanted to see if any other editors have thoughts on ways to improve the article. I plan to finish my research in the next two weeks and then start working on updates, so any suggestions or thoughts are welcome.--SouthernNights (talk) 14:34, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Doublechecking to see if any other editors have thoughts on ways to improve this article. Here's what I have so far:

• General cleanup of article
• Edit prose throughout article
• Update citations and references, especially for unsourced claims
• Fix original research and unsourced paragraphs throughout the article
• Shorten the Anti-Tom literature section (which is currently almost the size of our Anti-Tom literature article)
• Possibly delete the unsourced Collections section
• Cleanup links in the See Also section

If there's anything else please add it in. I'm still researching for the FAR and will start editing the article in a week or so. Thanks.--SouthernNights (talk) 14:47, 1 January 2022 (UTC)