二月的一个傍晚，肯塔基州 P城的一间豪华住宅里，主人谢尔比先生和奴隶贩子黑利正在对饮。 　　谢尔比是位庄园主，他善良，温和，并且仁慈。但因做投机生意蚀了本，借据落到黑利手中，他不得不将黑利看中的两个黑奴：诚实能干、受人敬重的汤姆叔叔和谢尔比太太的侍女伊丽莎的 One evening in February, in a luxury home in P City, Kentucky, host Mr. Shelby and slave dealer Hailey were drinking. Shelby is a manor, he is kind, gentle, and kind. But because of the speculative business that had eclipsed the book and fell into the hands of the arson, he had to turn the two black slaves, half-hearted and profane, honest and competent, respected Uncle Tom and Mrs. Shelby’s maid Eliza