“Then I mean to call you Uncle Tom, because, you see, I like you,” said Eva. “So, Uncle Tom, where are you going?” “I don’t know, Miss Eva.” “Don’t know?” said Eva. “No, I am going to be sold to somebody. I don’t know who.” “My papa can buy you,” said Eva, quickly; “and if he buys you, you will have good times. I mean to ask him, this very day.”
This small sample is a great example of the idea that racism is not something people are born with, but rather taught.
The slanting light of the setting sun quivers on the sea-like expanse of the river; the shivery canes, and the tall, dark cypress, hung with wreaths of dark, funereal moss, glow in the golden ray, as the heavily-laden steamboat marches onward.
While this excerpt is not anything plot relevant, it does display Stowe's skill in world-building and attention to detail, using adjectives to describe every part of the scene.
“Thee mustn’t speak evil of thy rulers, Simeon,” said his father, gravely. “The Lord only gives us our worldly goods that we may do justice and mercy; if our rulers require a price of us for it, we must deliver it up.
These quotes display Simeon's devotion to both religion and honoring his consequences of the law.