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How is St. Clare characterized through his dialogue? What do his words reveal about his character? Give two examples from the text to support your reasoning. Your response should be at least 150 words.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Chapters 16-20

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Consistent with Augustine's reasoning as a humanist, he argues that slavery imposes a dehumanizing effect on the slaveholder.  He makes the argument that one of the worst impacts of slavery is that it makes the master embrace the degradation of one human being at the hands of another as part of normal life.  It fails to make any distinction between how one human being should not control another.  

Answer:

In chapters 16-20, we meet St. Clare and his opinions regarding the slaves. We learn that he owns a slave, but he doesn't know whether slavery is right or not. St. Clare sees the benefit of owning slaves, but he knows that this system is anything but fair and is morally wrong. This uncertainty can be seen at least two times. The first time is when St. Clare talks to his wife. While she is all for one with slavery, St. Clare argues that slavery exists because of all the cotton that needs to be picked. The second time is when St. Clare talks to Uncle Tom. Tom believes that St. Clare should change his life and try to change slavery. St. Clare thankfully takes his advice. After finally coming to his senses, St. Clare argues that slavery forces a degrading effect on the slave owner. He argues that one of the worst impacts of slavery is it makes the owner believe that controlling another human being is normal.

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