Uncle Tom’s Cabin · Character
Lucy
An enslaved woman whose baby is sold away by Haley.
minor
First appearance: XII: Select Incident of Lawful Trade
Lucy shows up with force in XII: Select Incident of Lawful Trade. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Lucy is a slave mother whose child is sold away from her; she falls into silent, stunned despair despite the trader's hollow reassurances.
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In XII: Select Incident of Lawful Trade: Lucy is a slave mother whose child is sold away from her; she falls into silent, stunned despair despite the trader's hollow reassurances. Later, in Dark Places: Lucy is the…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse minor characters and slave traders
- Quaker and abolitionist helpers
- Legree's plantation victims and helpers
- Protagonist
- St. Clare household and Shelby family
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- 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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