# Lucy — Uncle Tom’s Cabin character guide

> Lucy in Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0011-volume-i-xii-select-incident-of-lawful-trade

## Who they are

An enslaved woman whose baby is sold away by Haley.

## In the story

### [XII: Select Incident of Lawful Trade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-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.

### [Dark Places](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxii-dark-places)

Lucy is the mulatto woman separated from her husband and given to Sambo; she is later given a bag of corn by Sambo.

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