Eliza has escaped, Eva has gone to play
with the Angels, and Uncle Tom has been sold
on the auction block to the brutal Slave
owner Simon Legree.
From The Moving Picture
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. . . Cassie finds life with Legree unbearable, and hates him with
an indescribable intensity. She plans to accomplish escape for herself and
Emmeline, and asks Uncle Tom to go with them, but he refuses to leave while
others suffer for no more reason than himself. Cassie plays upon Legree's
superstition and fear, for, in reality, he is an arrant coward, and she
makes him believe there are ghosts in the garret of his house, and when
she and Emmeline take flight and he pursues them with bloodhounds and
slaves, the women retrace their steps, after passing through the swamp
to throw the dogs off the trail, and return to the garret, where they
remain for three days and make good their escape when favorable opportunity
presents itself after Legree has given them up for gone.
Legree, filled with rage, for want of better excuse accuses Uncle
Tom of knowing something about Cassie's escape and being party to it. . . .