Before revision: The term "Uncle Tom" comes from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, where an enslaved African American man , Tom, is beaten to death by a cruel master for refusing to betray the whereabouts of two other enslaved people.
After revision: The term "Uncle Tom" comes from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, where an enslaved African American , Tom, is beaten to death for refusing to betray the whereabouts of two other enslaved people.