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The book opens with a?Kentucky?farmer named Arthur Shelby facing the loss of his farm because of debts. Even though he and his wife Emily Shelby believe that they have a benevolent relationship with their slaves, Shelby decides to raise the needed funds by selling two of them?Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man with a wife and children, and Harry, the son of Emily Shelby's maid Eliza?to Mr. Haley, a coarse slave trader.