Uncle Tom's cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

In debt, Kentucky farmer Arthur Shelby reluctantly decides to trade two of his slaves. The two, middle-aged Uncle Tom and young Harry, are to be sold to Mr. Haley, a detestable slave trader. Eliza, Harry's mother, overhears the details of the arrangement, warns Uncle Tom, and flees with Harry to the north. Eliza and Harry barely make it across the Ohio River before slave hunters start to catch up with them. On the run, Eliza and her family seek shelter and safety. Meanwhile, Uncle Tom, who refused to run away, is separated from his family and sold down river.