Stowe directly presents Tom as martyr, as well as making his Christian faith strongly tied to his character. He represents the noble, long-suffering enslaved person whose faith is contrasted with the barbarism of slavery. His passive, Christian endurance and ultimate sacrifice highlight the cruelty of "kind masters," and solidify slavery as something that is never not cruel.

Eliza's character is the first example we see of a mother whose young child is sold; her escape is described in such a way to make the readers put themselves in her shoes.

This is a message that Stowe herself is conveying through this novel; as she often tries to appeal to white mothers and white women at large by often emphasizing maternal love.

The monster being the institution of slavery. While it was still very much active, it was showing signs of damage done by the abolitionist cause.

Daniel Defoe, a famous writer from the eighteenth century. His works have been translated into hundreds of languages.

Brown assumes that Quincy must have helped many people and therefore might not remember his interaction with Brown; and Brown equates the importance of remembering Quincy to remembering himself and God (the reference to God is further emphasized by his phrasing earlier, "I was hungry, and you fed me. Naked was I, and you clothed me," which resemble Bible verses).