Uncle Tom’s Cabin · Character
Cudjoe
An elderly enslaved man on the Shelby plantation.
minor
Also known as old Cudjoe
First appearance: volume i iv an evening in uncle tom s cabin
Cudjoe shows up with force in IX: In Which It Appears That a Senator Is but a Man. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The Birds' servant who drives the carriage through the treacherous Ohio mud, helping to transport Eliza to safety.
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Character groups
- Diverse minor characters and slave traders
- St. Clare household and Shelby family
- Quaker and abolitionist helpers
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
The "Endnotes" chapter serves as the dramatic climax because it abruptly shifts the narrative focus from the c…
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See Cudjoe in volume i iv an evening in uncle tom s cabin