← All characters

Uncle Tom’s Cabin · Character

Susan

An elderly enslaved woman on the Shelby plantation.

minor

Also known as Old Aunt Sue

First appearance: volume i iv an evening in uncle tom s cabin

See Susan in volume i iv an evening in uncle tom s cabinBook page

Free preview opens at this moment — character cards, Character Web, and themes sit beside the text as you read.

Character Web

12 connections

A slice of how Susan sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.

SHSimeon HallidayJAJaneEHEliza HarrisRSRuth StedmanESEva St. ClareSUSusan

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse minor characters and slave traders
  • Quaker and abolitionist helpers
  • St. Clare household maids and Topsy
  • St. Clare household and Shelby family
  • Legree's plantation victims and helpers

+7 more in the full Character Web

Open in reader

Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

The "Endnotes" chapter serves as the dramatic climax because it abruptly shifts the narrative focus from the c…

Full beat labels and climax notes unlock in the reader.

Follow the arc while reading
See Susan in volume i iv an evening in uncle tom s cabin