Uncle Tom\'s Cabin - thinking, reading and writing

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chapter: A Man of Humanity
Characters: Mr. Shelby, Mr. Haley, Eliza, Harry, Mrs Shelby

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The book opens with a scene in which Mr. Shelby and Haley the slave trader are discussing business matters on Shelby’s plantation in Kentucky. Mr. Shelby, a gentleman described as ____________ has fallen into debt and must _____________. Little Harry interrupts the meeting and entertains the men with _____________________. Eliza, Harry’s __________________ and Mrs. Sehelby’s personal servant, comes to retrieve her son. After they leave, Haley tries to convince Mr. Shelby to sell ______________ and_____________.

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