# Cassy — Uncle Tom’s Cabin character guide > Cassy in Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Misse Cassy, Poor Cassy **First appearance:** 0032-volume-ii-xxxiii-cassy ## Snapshot A woman whose beauty and intelligence have been weaponized against her, she moves through Legree's plantation with a haunted authority and a plan. ## Who they are Cassy is an enslaved woman on Simon Legree's plantation, where her intelligence and bitter experience give her a strange power over the household and a corrosive hold on Legree himself. She has suffered losses that have hardened her into something between a ghost and a strategist, and her protective ferocity toward the young woman Emmeline reveals a heart not entirely calcified. Her knowledge of the plantation's secrets and her willingness to act make her a pivotal figure in the novel's darkest chapters. ## Relationships ### [Simon Legree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/simon_legree) _psychological_ Cassy is Legree's enslaved mistress, trapped in a relationship of hatred, manipulation, and shared trauma, plotting against him. ### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/emmeline) _psychological_ Cassy becomes a protective, almost maternal figure to the terrified young Emmeline, guiding her in surviving Legree's cruelty. ### [Uncle Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/uncle_tom) _friendship_ Cassy and Tom form a bond of mutual respect and shared suffering on Legree's plantation, though their strategies for survival differ. ### [Simon Legree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/simon_legree) _psychological_ Cassy is Legree's enslaved mistress, trapped in a relationship of hatred, manipulation, and shared trauma, plotting against him. ### [Simon Legree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/simon_legree) _psychological_ Cassy is Legree's enslaved mistress, trapped in a relationship of hatred, manipulation, and shared trauma, plotting against him. ### [Uncle Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/uncle_tom) _friendship_ Cassy and Tom form a bond of mutual respect and shared suffering on Legree's plantation, though their strategies for survival differ. ### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/emmeline) _psychological_ Cassy becomes a protective, almost maternal figure to the terrified young Emmeline, guiding her in surviving Legree's cruelty. ### [Uncle Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/uncle_tom) _friendship_ Cassy and Tom form a bond of mutual respect and shared suffering on Legree's plantation, though their strategies for survival differ. ### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/emmeline) _psychological_ Cassy becomes a protective, almost maternal figure to the terrified young Emmeline, guiding her in surviving Legree's cruelty. ## In the story ### [The Quadroon's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxiv-the-quadroon-s-story) Cassy tends to Tom's wounds and recounts her harrowing life story, including her sale, the loss of her children, and her bitter hatred of Legree. ### [XXXV: The Tokens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxv-the-tokens) Confronts Legree with bitter contempt, defending Tom and asserting her own defiant spirit, showing her influence over Legree. ### [Emmeline and Cassy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxvi-emmeline-and-cassy) Cassy advises Emmeline and uses her cunning to manipulate Legree, appealing to his greed to protect Tom. She reveals her own despair and history of suffering. ### [XXXVIII: The Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxviii-the-victory) Cassy, driven to despair, plots to kill Legree and escape, but is moved by Tom's faith and weeps when he counsels her to turn to God. ### [The Stratagem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxix-the-stratagem) Masterminds the escape plan, using psychological manipulation and careful preparation. ### [The Martyr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xl-the-martyr) Observes the hunt from the garret; her escape with Emmeline triggers Legree's fury. ### [An Authentic Ghost Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xlii-an-authentic-ghost-story) Traveling with George Shelby, she becomes uneasy and later faints upon hearing details about her daughter's sale. ### [Results](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xliii-results) Reunited with her daughter Eliza and granddaughter; undergoes a transformation from despair to gentle trust and becomes a devout Christian. ### [Concluding Remarks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xlv-concluding-remarks) Mentioned as having a story that may have many counterparts in real life. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/cassy - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters