Uncle Tom's Cabin

what is mrs.shelby's primary concern about harry?

mrs. shelby shows a great concern for harry. i want toknow what that concern is

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Mrs. Shelby's primary concern is the seperation of Harry from his mother Eliza. Women, as revealed by both Eliza and Mrs. Shelby, are more pious than male characters in the novel. This is an attempt to appeal to the moral conscience of female readers, inspiring them to question their husbands as Mrs. Shelby did. So too, the theme of the break up of the family should strike a chord with female readers as it shows how slavery destroys a mother's inherent bond to her child and invades the sacred relations between a wife and her husband. Please check out the GradeSaver source link below!

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