Identifier: uncletomscabinor01instow (find matches)
Title: Uncle Tom's cabin : or, life among the lowly
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Subjects: Plantation life Fugitive slaves Slavery African Americans Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) Slaves
Publisher: Boston : John P. Jewett Cleveland : Jewett, Proctor & Worthington
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ng wasgathered around the court-house steps, — smoking, chewingspitting, swearing, and conversing, according to their respect-ive tastes and turns, — waiting for the auction to commence.The men and women to be sold sat in a group apart, talkingin a low tone to each other. The woman who had beenadvertised by the name of Hagar was a regular African infeature and figure. She might have been sixty, but was olderthan that by hard work and disease, was partially blind, andsomewhat crippled with rheumatism. By her side stood heronly remaining son, Albert, a bright-looking httle fellow offourteen years. The boy was the only survivor of a largefamily, who had been successively sold away from her to asouthern market. The mother held on to him with both hershaking hands, and eyed with intense trepidation every onewho walked up to examine him. Dont be feard. Aunt Hagar, said the oldest of themen, I spoke to Masr Thomas bout it, and he thought hemight manage to sell you in a lot both together.
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LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY. 175 Dej need nt call me -worn out yet, said she, lifting hershaking hands. I can cook yet, and scrub, and scour,— I m■\Yuth a buying, if I do come cheap ; — tell em dat ar, — youtell em, she added, earnestly. Haley here forced his Ayay into the group, walked up tothe old man, pulled his mouth open and looked in, felt of histeeth, made him stand and straighten himself, bend his back,and perform various evolutions to show his muscles; and thenpa,sscd on to the next, and put him through the same trial.Walking up last to the boy, he felt of his arms, straightenedhis hands, and looked at his fingers, and made him jump, toshow his agility. He ant gwine to be sold widout me! said the oldwoman, with passionate eagerness; he and I goes in alot together ; Is rail strong yet, Masr, and can do heaps owork, —heaps on it, Masr. On plantation? said Haley, with a contemptuousglance. Likely story ! and, as if satisfied with his examina-tion, he walked out and looked, an

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