{"product_id":"2940013803442","title":"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN YOUNG FOLKS' EDITION","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUNCLE TOM AND LITTLE HARRY ARE SOLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery many years ago, instead of having servants to wait upon them and\u003cbr\u003ework for them, people used to have slaves. These slaves were paid no\u003cbr\u003ewages. Their masters gave them only food and clothes in return for their\u003cbr\u003ework.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen any one wanted servants he went to market to buy them, just as\u003cbr\u003enowadays we buy horses and cows, or even tables and chairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the poor slaves were bought by kind people they would be quite happy.\u003cbr\u003eThen they would work willingly for their masters and mistresses, and\u003cbr\u003eeven love them. But very often cruel people bought slaves. These cruel\u003cbr\u003epeople used to beat them and be unkind to them in many other ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was very wicked to buy and sell human beings as if they were cattle.\u003cbr\u003eYet Christian people did it, and many who were good and kind otherwise\u003cbr\u003ethought there was no wrong in being cruel to their poor slaves. 'They\u003cbr\u003eare only black people,' they said to themselves. 'Black people do not\u003cbr\u003efeel things as we do.' That was not kind, as black people suffer pain\u003cbr\u003ejust in the same way as white people do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the saddest things for the poor slaves was that they could never\u003cbr\u003elong be a happy family all together--father, mother, and little brothers\u003cbr\u003eand sisters--because at any time the master might sell the father or the\u003cbr\u003emother or one of the children to some one else. When this happened those\u003cbr\u003ewho were left behind were very sad indeed--more sad than if their dear\u003cbr\u003eone had died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncle Tom was a slave. He was a very faithful and honest servant, and\u003cbr\u003ehis master, Mr. Shelby, was kind to him. Uncle Tom's wife was called\u003cbr\u003eAunt Chloe. She was Mr. Shelby's head cook, and a very good one too, she\u003cbr\u003ewas. Nobody in all the country round could make such delicious pies and\u003cbr\u003ecakes as Aunt Chloe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncle Tom and Aunt Chloe lived together in a pretty little cottage built\u003cbr\u003eof wood, quite close to Mr. Shelby's big house.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe little cottage was covered with climbing roses, and the garden was\u003cbr\u003efull of beautiful bright flowers and lovely fruit trees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncle Tom and Aunt Chloe lived happily for many years in their little\u003cbr\u003ecottage, or cabin, as it was called. All day Uncle Tom used to work in\u003cbr\u003ethe fields, while Aunt Chloe was busy in the kitchen at Mr. Shelby's\u003cbr\u003ehouse. When evening came they both went home to their cottage and their\u003cbr\u003echildren, and were merry together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Shelby was a good man, and kind to his slaves, but he was not very\u003cbr\u003ecareful of his money. When he had spent all he had, he did not know what\u003cbr\u003eto do to get more. At last he borrowed money from a man called Haley,\u003cbr\u003ehoping to be able to pay it back again some day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut that day never came. Haley grew impatient, and said, 'If you don't\u003cbr\u003epay what you owe me, I will take your house and lands, and sell them to\u003cbr\u003epay myself back all the money I have lent to you.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo Mr. Shelby sold everything he could spare and gathered money together\u003cbr\u003ein every way he could think of, but still there was not enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Haley said, 'Give me that slave of yours called Tom--he is worth a\u003cbr\u003elot of money.'","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156225540336,"sku":"2940013803442","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013803442_p0.jpg?v=1763590446","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013803442","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}