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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)

"Told far more dramatically on the screen than it ever was on the stage."

50 min Released Drama

Director: J. Searle Dawley

Language: en

When Kentucky plantation owner George Shelby is forced to sell several of his slaves, one of them, Eliza Harris, escapes across the icy Ohio River with her child. Kindly old Uncle Tom, however, is sold to a Southern slave trader and begins his voyage down the Mississippi River. During the trip, he rescues little Eva St. Clair from the river, and out of gratitude, the girl's father buys him.