Harriet Beecher Stowe 
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Very many years ago, instead of having servants to wait upon them and work for them, people used to have slaves. These slaves were paid no wages. Their mas ters gave them only food and clothes in return for their work. When any one wanted servants he went to market to buy them, just as nowadays we buy horses and cows, or even tables and chairs. If the poor Slaves were bought by kind pe’ople they would be quite happy, work willingly for their masters and mistresses, and even love them. But often cruel peo ple bought slaves and used to beat them and be unkind to them in many ways.