# Eva St. Clare — Uncle Tom’s Cabin character guide > Eva St. Clare in Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Eva, Miss Eva, beloved Eva, Little Eva, Evangeline St. Clare **First appearance:** 0013-volume-i-xiv-evangeline ## Snapshot A frail, luminous child whose instinctive love for everyone she meets—enslaved or free—quietly shames the adults around her into seeing what they have chosen not to. ## Who they are Eva is the only daughter of Augustine St. Clare, a delicate girl whose mother's self-absorption has left her largely in the care of servants and her father's indulgent affection. She befriends Tom on the riverboat south and claims him with a child's uncomplicated certainty, and her tenderness toward the enslaved people around her exposes the moral contradictions her father cannot resolve. Her presence in the New Orleans household forces everyone—her father, her cousin Ophelia, the enslaved people themselves—to reckon with what it means to love someone the law calls property. ## Relationships ### [Marie St. Clare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/marie_st_clare) _family_ Eva is the beloved but spiritually distant daughter of the self-absorbed and hypochondriac Marie. ### [Uncle Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/uncle_tom) _friendship_ Eva and Tom share a deep, Christ-like bond of mutual love and spiritual kinship, with Eva seeing Tom as a noble soul. ### [Topsy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/topsy) _friendship_ Eva shows unconditional kindness to the wild, mistreated slave child Topsy, inspiring her first feelings of love and humanity. ### [Mammy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/mammy) _friendship_ Eva treats Mammy with gentle affection and respect, in stark contrast to Marie's harshness, offering her comfort. ### [Augustine St. Clare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/augustine_st_clare) _family_ Augustine is Eva's loving, indulgent father who adores her deeply and is profoundly influenced by her spiritual purity. ### [Marie St. Clare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/marie_st_clare) _family_ Eva is the beloved but spiritually distant daughter of the self-absorbed and hypochondriac Marie. ### [Uncle Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/uncle_tom) _friendship_ Eva and Tom share a deep, Christ-like bond of mutual love and spiritual kinship, with Eva seeing Tom as a noble soul. ### [Marie St. Clare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/marie_st_clare) _family_ Eva is the beloved but spiritually distant daughter of the self-absorbed and hypochondriac Marie. ### [Topsy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/topsy) _friendship_ Eva shows unconditional kindness to the wild, mistreated slave child Topsy, inspiring her first feelings of love and humanity. ### [Mammy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/mammy) _friendship_ Eva treats Mammy with gentle affection and respect, in stark contrast to Marie's harshness, offering her comfort. ### [Augustine St. Clare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/augustine_st_clare) _family_ Augustine is Eva's loving, indulgent father who adores her deeply and is profoundly influenced by her spiritual purity. ### [Uncle Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/uncle_tom) _friendship_ Eva and Tom share a deep, Christ-like bond of mutual love and spiritual kinship, with Eva seeing Tom as a noble soul. ## In the story ### [XIV: Evangeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-xiv-evangeline) Eva is a beautiful, ethereal child who befriends Tom and later falls overboard, only to be rescued by him. ### [XV: Of Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-xv-of-tom-s-new-master-and-various-other-matters) The delicate young daughter of Augustine and Marie, named after Augustine's mother, and the object of her father's deep affection. ### [Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-xvi-tom-s-mistress-and-her-opinions) Eva shows her loving and innocent nature, spending time with Tom and expressing that having many servants means more people to love. ### [Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xix-miss-ophelia-s-experiences-and-opinions-continued) Shows compassion for Prue, suggesting her drinking was due to unhappiness; also arranges for Tom to write a letter about his redemption. ### [Topsy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xx-topsy) Fascinated by Topsy's wild behavior, she enjoys her company despite Miss Ophelia's concerns about negative influence. ### [XXII: “The Grass Withereth—The Flower Fadeth”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxii-the-grass-withereth-the-flower-fadeth) Eva's health declines; she speaks of seeing heaven and spirits. She becomes more thoughtful, advocating for teaching enslaved people to read and expressing a desire to free them. ### [Henrique](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiii-henrique) Shows compassion for Dodo and gently reproaches Henrique for his cruelty. ### [XXIV: Foreshadowings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiv-foreshadowings) Eva's health is failing, and she speaks openly about her impending death, urging her father to free the slaves. ### [The Little Evangelist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxv-the-little-evangelist) Shows Christ-like love and compassion toward Topsy, urging her to be good. ### [XXVI: Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxvi-death) The dying child, who gathers the servants to speak of salvation and shows compassion to Topsy. ### [Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxviii-reunion) Eva's memory and spiritual influence continue to inspire St. Clare and Tom, appearing in Tom's dream as a guiding angel. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/eva_st_clare - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters