From The Moving Picture World notice:
  [Reel One.] The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and leading up to the civil war and the Declaration of Emancipation.
  The central figure of the drama is Uncle Tom, a slave in the possession of the Shelbys of Kentucky. Tom is a peculiarly extraordinary character, possessing all the virtues and none of the bad qualities of his race, a possession brought about by a gradual realization, absorption and practice of Christian principles through a close study of the Bible.
  To the Shelbys he is an invaluable asset, because of his honesty and trustworthiness. . . .