# Prue — Uncle Tom’s Cabin character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** cross old Prue, poor Prue, poor old Prue

**First appearance:** 0015-volume-i-xvi-tom-s-mistress-and-her-opinions

## Who they are

A miserable enslaved woman in New Orleans who dies tragically.

## In the story

### [Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-xviii-miss-ophelia-s-experiences-and-opinions)

Prue, a broken enslaved woman, delivers bread and reveals she drinks to forget her misery; her back is scarred from beatings.

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