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** And also how Tom manages to make [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Zambo and Quimbo]] pull a shared HeelFaceTurn.

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** And also how Tom manages to make [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Zambo and Quimbo]] Quimbo pull a shared HeelFaceTurn.
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* Uncle Tom's HeroicSacrifice of dying under Legree's whip for refusing to tell him where Cassie and Emmeline, two fleeing female slaves, had gotten. Even more so because Cassie actually asked Tom to escape with them, but he refused because he was already old and didn't want to be TheLoad.

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* Uncle Tom's HeroicSacrifice of dying under Legree's whip for refusing to tell him where Cassie and Emmeline, two fleeing female slaves, had gotten.gotten to. Even more so because Cassie actually asked Tom to escape with them, but he refused because he was already old and didn't want to be TheLoad.



* An before Tom's HeroicSacrifice... He's in a total HeroicBSOD state one night, this close to plow through the DespairEventHorizon thanks to Legree's evil and the CrapsackWorld-like plantation he's stuck in. Then Legree shows up to further taunt him... [[TheDogBitesBack but that spectacularly backfires]], as Tom [[HesBack reacts]], [[WillNotBeAVictim refuses to give in]] and clearly tells his 'owner' "ShutUpHannibal", ultimately forcing Legree to back off even if just for a while. [[IronWoobie That was really fucking badass.]]

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* An And before Tom's HeroicSacrifice... He's in a total HeroicBSOD state one night, this close to plow plowing through the DespairEventHorizon thanks to Legree's evil and the CrapsackWorld-like plantation he's stuck in. Then Legree shows up to further taunt him... [[TheDogBitesBack but that spectacularly backfires]], as Tom [[HesBack reacts]], [[WillNotBeAVictim refuses to give in]] and clearly tells his 'owner' "ShutUpHannibal", ultimately forcing Legree to back off off, even if just for a while. [[IronWoobie That was really fucking badass.]]
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* The scene where an ex-slave owner spits on George Harris's "WANTED" poster in public, then delivers a really badass speech about his thoughts on slavery.

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* The scene where an ex-slave owner spits on George Harris's "WANTED" poster in public, then delivers a really badass speech about his thoughts on slavery.slavery.
* An before Tom's HeroicSacrifice... He's in a total HeroicBSOD state one night, this close to plow through the DespairEventHorizon thanks to Legree's evil and the CrapsackWorld-like plantation he's stuck in. Then Legree shows up to further taunt him... [[TheDogBitesBack but that spectacularly backfires]], as Tom [[HesBack reacts]], [[WillNotBeAVictim refuses to give in]] and clearly tells his 'owner' "ShutUpHannibal", ultimately forcing Legree to back off even if just for a while. [[IronWoobie That was really fucking badass.]]

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* Eliza fleeing across the broken ice field of the Ohio River, carrying her young son and chased by hounds.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rankin_%28abolitionist%29#The_real_Eliza Based on a real incident]], which inspired Stowe to write the novel.
* Uncle Tom's HeroicSacrifice of dying under Legree's whip for refusing to tell him where two fleeing female slaves had gotten.

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* Eliza fleeing across the broken ice field of the Ohio River, carrying her young son and chased by hounds.
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hounds. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rankin_%28abolitionist%29#The_real_Eliza Based on a real incident]], which inspired Stowe to write the novel.
* Uncle Tom's HeroicSacrifice of dying under Legree's whip for refusing to tell him where Cassie and Emmeline, two fleeing female slaves slaves, had gotten.gotten. Even more so because Cassie actually asked Tom to escape with them, but he refused because he was already old and didn't want to be TheLoad.
** And also how Tom manages to make [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Zambo and Quimbo]] pull a shared HeelFaceTurn.
** The mere fact that Cassie and Emmeline managed to escape from said CrapsackWorld is awesome in itself.
* Mrs. Bird's WhatTheHellHero to her husband.
* The scene where an ex-slave owner spits on George Harris's "WANTED" poster in public, then delivers a really badass speech about his thoughts on slavery.
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** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rankin_%28abolitionist%29#The_real_Eliza Based on a real incident]], which inspired Stowe to write the novel.
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* Eliza fleeing across the broken ice field of the Ohio River, carrying her young son and chased by hounds.
* Uncle Tom's HeroicSacrifice of dying under Legree's whip for refusing to tell him where two fleeing female slaves had gotten.

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