Uncle Tom's Cabin

[1928 general release version]

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"There are few, I believe, in
 this enlightened age who
 will not acknowledge that
 slavery as an institution is
 a moral and political evil."

           Robert E. Lee
           Dec. 27, 1856

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In the year of our
 Lord, 1856.

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The Kentucky home of the 
 Shelbys -- an honored
name in the South since
Revolutionary days.

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"What an original idea, Mrs. 
Shelby -- making a social
  event of the wedding of
          slaves."

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"We raised Eliza from a baby
-- she couldn't have had a
better education or training if
she had been our daughter."

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"Salome -- where are 
   the children?"

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"Dunno whar dey is,
   Missy 'Liza."

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"BOO!"

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"LIZA'S GOIN' TO GIT MARRIED!
 LIZA'S GOIN' TO GIT MARRIED!"

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Mr. and Mrs. Shelby, whose
  gentle rule of the slaves
was typical of the South.

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"Mr. Shelby is going to tell 
George to get ready for the 
wedding -- so you'd better 
       hurry, Eliza."

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"LIZA'S GOIN' TO GIT MARRIED!
 LIZA'S GOIN' TO GIT MARRIED!"

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George Harris, the bride-
groom -- a slave 'rented'
to Mr. Shelby by the month.

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"You've done enough work 
for today, George -- better
   get ready for your
        wedding."

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Tom Haley -- a man 
  of business.

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"Shelby, I hope you're not 
forgetting, one of your notes 
       is due today."

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"I sent Uncle Tom to 
Cincinnati for the 
      money."

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"-- you sent a slave into a
free state for money -- and
   you think he's coming
          back?"

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"Land's sake! Dey's gettin'
 married jes' like white
        folks --"

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"-- almost."

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"-- dey is white folks --"

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"-- almost."

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Moonlight bathing the old
  Kentucky home in
radiance -- romance in
the winged and perfumed
breezes of the night.

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Uncle Tom. For three
 generations his ances-
tors had been contented
servitors in the Shelby
family.

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Uncle Tom's cabin.

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Edward Harris, owner of 
  the body and brain of 
George Harris.

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"I came to get my slave."

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"-- and when Mr. Shelby 
buys my freedom, I'll buy 
      yours, Eliza."

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"What do you mean -- get-
tin' married without my 
       consent?"

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"I've done nothing to 
be ashamed of, sir."

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"Call me Master!"

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"Please, Mr. Harris -- don't
be so cruel! Can't you respect 
        their love?"

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"Love -- what do they 
  know about love?"

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"Mr. Harris, we want to 
buy George -- what is 
     your price?"

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"-- he ain't for sale!"

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The years brought harsher 
  bondage to George, but
were blessed by the love of a
baby boy --

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During the years that 
 passed, Haley had
'Helped' Shelby with many
loans on a basis - strictly
business.

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"I couldn't think of parting 
with Uncle Tom -- he's like 
    one of the family."

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"Well, you haven't got the 
money - and a Shelby always 
     pays his bills!"

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"George -- you're running
away from your Master!"

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"What has he done 
  now, George?"

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 "He is forcing me to 
marry one of his slaves --
       tonight!"

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"Hello, Jim Crow!"

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"-- how about a little
        dance?"

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"Once I get to Canada, Eliza, 
I'll earn your freedom and 
         Harry's."

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"Well -- do I get Tom?"

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"You've got me, Haley, where
I can't refuse -- Uncle Tom 
         is yours."

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"Of course, you realize, even
   Tom doesn't cover your 
          note --"

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"But that's a small 
     matter --"

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"- and George, promise you'll
buy Harry's freedom first.
He's so bright - so beautiful 
      -- I'm afraid --"

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"Don't worry, dearest -- Mr.
  Shelby would never sell 
         our Harry."

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"Throw in little Jim Crow 
with Tom, and I'll cancel 
       the note."

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"Shelby, I'd hate to foreclose  
   you -- on account of your 
         wife, but --"

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"Speak up, Shelby --
    yes or no!"

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"I have no choice -- Tom 
  and Harry are yours."

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"I -- I was looking for 
     my baby, sir."

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But no echo of sadness
 reached Uncle Tom's 
cabin.

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"We's got a lot to be 
  thankful for --"

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"De Lord's been mighty
     good to us."

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"Tom -- Mr. Shelby has
    sold my baby!"

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"And he's sold 
  you, too."

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"Tom, you must go 
    with me!"

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"My duty is here, chile -- go,
     and God bless you."

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"Mighty funny to me -- I
 buy the boy and then he
       disappears!"

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"My man, George, has run 
  away -- the dogs have 
    tracked him here!"

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"I'll bet he's run away with 
    Eliza and her boy!"

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"My bloodhounds are out-
      side, Haley --
        come on!"

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"I hope they never 
    catch them."

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  "No human can cross that 
  river tonight and the dogs 
can't track in this storm. Let's
     warm up at the Inn."

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"We're looking for George 
Harris, a yellow boy, and a 
light girl with her baby."

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"I'm a lawyer, and my 
    name is Marks."

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"Well -- did you 
   see them?"

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"I'm a lawyer, and my 
    name is Marks."

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"I know you and your
business of catching run-
aways. Have you seen 
       'em?"

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"A hundred dollars 
   for the kid."

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"And how much for 
    the girl?"

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"Nothing -- she belongs 
      to Shelby."

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"We'll let them have the kid, 
  but we'll sell the mother 
      down the river."

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Phineas Fletcher, on the
  North shore of the river -
a Quaker in a free state.

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"This way quick -- the
 falls are just below!"

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Though in a free state, Eliza
  was subject to the Dred 
Scott decision -- a slave could
 be taken wherever found.

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   "Thy husband has crossed
the river, too! He'll start for
      Canada with thee --
          after dark."

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"She's in there, Loker! We'll
 grab 'em both and take 'em 
       down the river."

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"Get her, Officer, before
   she escapes again."

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Uncle Tom, caught in the
 black and hopeless stream 
of human souls -- destined
down the river.

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Down the river.

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Augustine St. Clare, of
 New Orleans.

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Miss Ophelia, his cousin
  from Vermont.

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"How shiftless!"

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"Land o' Goshen, Eva!
 What are you up to 
        now?"

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"I always take goodies to the
   negroes -- downstairs."

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"Did you make it all
      yourself?"

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"I's made hundreds of dem
 fo' my children, back in
        Kaintucky."

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Always haunting the river
 boats, risking capture and
punishment -- searching for
his wife and baby.

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"Well, if it ain't George 
 Harris -- the runaway."

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"Guess I'll send you back to 
       your master --"

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Stolen by Marks and
 Loker -- chained to
their string of human
freight, Eliza and Harry
await shipment -- down
the river.

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"Once the girl and the baby
 are on the boat, who can
 tell them from the slaves
        we bought."

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"Uncle Tom, I'm going to 
  ask Papa to buy you."

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"Haley's aboard! If you want
to keep your kid -- lay low."

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"Do you think you'll be happy
 with your little mistress?"

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Lemuel Proctor --
 plantation owner.

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"I'll give you three hundred 
    dollars for the boy."

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"Four hundred -- and not
      a cent more."

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"I take my slaves off at the 
  next landing. Get the boy 
           ready."

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"Now you're goin' for a nice, 
         long walk."

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"Mama! Mama!"

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"A house divided against itself
cannot stand. I do not believe that
this Government can permanently
endure, half slave and half free."

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Friday, April 12, 1861
 - - Fort Sumter
 is fired upon.

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The St. Clare home in
  New Orleans.

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Little Eva's spirit touched
  the life of Uncle Tom,
like a sunbeam in a darkened
room.

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"-- That means you can go 
  home to your wife and 
         babies!"

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"TOPSY!"

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"Yes, Miss Feely --"

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"Topsy, where are you?"

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"Heah I is, Miss Feely."

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"What are you doing?"

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"I is pickin' flowers."

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"Don't you know you mustn't 
        pick them?"

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"But I's pickin' dem for 
       Missy Eva."

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"Very well, take them to her,
    and then come to me."

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"Topsy!"

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"Topsee!"

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"I think Miss Feely 
     wants me."

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"Golly! How did dat ribbon
   get up mah sleeve?"

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"Topsy, don't you know it's 
     wicked to steal?"

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"I nebber seen dat ribbon till
     dis blessed minute!"

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"-- I nebber seen dem 
    gloves befo'!"

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"Well, Miss Feely -- maybe I
  did take dem gloves --"

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"-- but I nebber did see dat 
        ribbon befo'!"

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"What am I going to do 
       with you?"

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"'Specs you'd better whip 
           me --"

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"Please, Aunt Ophelia, let me
       talk to Topsy."

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"It's jes' pos'ble I did take 
       dem gloves --"

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"-- but I nebber did see 
    dat ribbon befo'."

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"Topsy, what makes you 
       so bad?"

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"'Specs it's 'cause I is 
       so wicked."

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"-- if you'd only try to 
        be good!"

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"Oh Topsy -- I love you."

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"Don't cry, Topsy."

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"I ain't cryin' -- it's jes' my
         weak eyes."

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"Topsy, won't you be good?
 I don't think I'll be with 
         you long."

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"Oh, Missy Eva, please --
 please don't say dat!"

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"I'll try to be good,
     Missy Eva."

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But the light that touched
  the St. Clare home like
a benediction, had slowly 
faded --

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"I -- I brung her a 
    flower --"

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"-- such a pretty one --"

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"Oh, Missy Eva -- I wish I
     wuz dead, too."

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"She said - she loved me."

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"Now, there ain't nobody to 
     love me, no mo'."

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"I -- I will love you,
        Topsy."

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Augustine St. Clare did
  not long survive his
daughter -- and his entire
estate came under the auc-
tioneer's hammer.

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Simon Legree, who had
come from the North, bore
an evil reputation for cruelty
to his slaves.

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"Sold -- to Simon Legree."

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"Fifteen hundred dollars!"

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"Sold -- to Simon Legree."

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Across two states - George
 Harris, ever on the trail
of Lemuel Proctor, the buyer
of little Harry.

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   "Is there a man named 
Proctor living in this town?"

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Simon Legree's plantation.

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"I wouldn't hurt you, Honey -
 I wouldn't hurt anything."

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Cassy -- for twenty years
 enslaved to Legree - her
life saddened by memories of
the baby that had been torn
from her breast, long ago.

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"Jealous, eh -- Cassy?"

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"You flatter yourself, 
        Simon."

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"What do you mean --
 comin' in here when I'm 
         busy?"

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"-- nobody is going to rob 
  me of my place in this 
        household!"

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"I've got a good mind to send 
 you to the slave quarters --
      where you belong!"

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"You don't dare! You're 
    afraid of me."

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Sambo and Quimbo -- 
 darkened souls in bru-
talized bodies.

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"Dis nigger's been makin'
 trubble 'mong de hands --
 preachin' an' a-prayin'!"

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"I'll do all the prayin'
     around here!"

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"Whip her!"

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"No, Massa -- I can't
    do it, nohow."

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"Didn't I pay twelve hundred
 dollars for you -- ain't you
    mine, body and soul?"

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 "No, Massa! My body may
belong to you, but my soul
     belongs to God."

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 "Give him the worst 
floggin' he ever had!"

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And the marching feet 
 of the liberating host 
thundered nearer -- ever 
nearer --

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Terror spread before 
 them --

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And the song they sang
  was a new song of
bondage broken and chains
forever lifted --

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While Legree, brute ruler of
  his realm, only ten miles
distant from the flood of blue,
held high carnival --

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"You am a ministerin' 
   angel, Missy --"

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"Don't call me Missy -- I'm 
 a slave, too -- he owns me
       body and soul."

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"Oh, Missy -- don't be 
      so bitter."

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"Bitter? They kept me igno-
rant of my heritage of blood,
while I learned to be a lady -
       a white lady."

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"Then they sold my baby to
 a man named Shelby, and
 they sold me -- down the 
          river."

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"And all these weary years,
that baby's voice has been
  calling, Mama - Mama!"

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"Why, Missy -- that's
   "Liza's story.""

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"Eliza?"

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   "Massa Shelby was my
Massa, too. But we wuz sold
  down de river -- Legree
      bought us both --"

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"That means my child 
 Eliza -- is here!"

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"You will steal my man, 
       will you?"

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"Make 'em jealous --
  that's the way!"

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"Lord God Almighty, child
   - I'm your mother!"

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"They tore you from my 
 arms to sell you up the 
river, and me -- to hell!"

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"Mother!"

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"My baby!"

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"He thinks the ghosts of his
 murdered victims haunt the 
attic. We'll be safe there!"

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"Where are them women?"

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"I can't say, Massa."

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Over dusty roads they 
spread, ever closer to 
the Legree plantation.

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"Bring Tom here. I'll find 
   out where they are!"

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"Massa -- it's dem ghosts
  in the attic ag'in!"

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"Tom, I've made up my 
 mind to kill you --"

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"-- unless you tell me where
     them women are!"

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"We'll make him tell!"

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"They're beating
  Uncle Tom --"

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"He's done fo', 
    Massa!"

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"Take him out!"

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"I forgive you -- as I
 hope to be forgiven."

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"Sambo! Quimbo!"

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"He's in the attic!
  Drive him out!"

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"Well -- if here ain't our 
       two ghosts!"

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"See the Captain --
   -- up front."

The End

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