# Samuel Morris — Uncle Tom’s Cabin character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sam

**First appearance:** 0016-volume-i-xvii-the-freeman-s-defense

## Who they are

A Quaker who helps George Harris escape.

## Relationships

### [Andy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/andy)

_friendship_

Andy and Samuel Morris are fellow enslaved men who assist each other in small acts of resistance and survival.

### [Haley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/haley)

_professional_

Haley and Samuel Morris are fellow slave traders who collaborate and compete in the business of human trafficking.

### [Andy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/andy)

_friendship_

Andy and Samuel Morris are fellow enslaved men who assist each other in small acts of resistance and survival.

### [Haley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/haley)

_professional_

Haley and Samuel Morris are fellow slave traders who collaborate and compete in the business of human trafficking.

### [Andy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/andy)

_friendship_

Andy and Samuel Morris are fellow enslaved men who assist each other in small acts of resistance and survival.

### [Haley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/characters/haley)

_professional_

Haley and Samuel Morris are fellow slave traders who collaborate and compete in the business of human trafficking.

## In the story

### [VI: Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-vi-discovery)

Scheming and opportunistic, he plans to delay Haley by sabotaging his horse.

### [VII: The Mother’s Struggle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-vii-the-mother-s-struggle)

A servant who deliberately misleads Haley about the route to the river, aiding Eliza's escape.

### [Eliza's Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-viii-eliza-s-escape)

Returns to the Shelby plantation and recounts Eliza's escape, claiming divine providence.

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