# Sambo — Uncle Tom’s Cabin character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0031-volume-ii-xxxii-dark-places

## Who they are

A cruel overseer on Legree's plantation.

## In the story

### [XXX: The Slave Warehouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxx-the-slave-warehouse)

Sambo is a burly, coarse slave in the warehouse who performs buffoonery and mocks Adolph. He represents the brutalized, callous slave.

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

Sambo is one of Legree's brutal overseers, who assigns Tom to a cabin and receives the mulatto woman as a 'gift.'

### [XXXV: The Tokens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxv-the-tokens)

Brings the token to Legree, triggering his superstitious outburst, and is dismissed in fear.

### [XXXVIII: The Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxviii-the-victory)

Sambo speaks with Legree about Tom's changed demeanor and recalls a past incident of hunting a runaway slave.

### [The Stratagem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxix-the-stratagem)

Eagerly joins the chase for reward, embodying the cringing subserviency of slavery.

### [The Martyr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xl-the-martyr)

One of Legree's overseers; participates in beating Tom but is later converted by Tom's faith.

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