Stowe's Portrayal Of Fugitives In The US

First, Stowe uses a mother and son to portray fugitives. Mr. Bird states, “he had never thought a fugitive might be a hapless mother, a defencelss child” (799). When Stowe portrays a loving mother, who escapes to prevent her son from being sold and seperated from her, as unlawful, and emphasizes that the new laws meant to preserve slavery as lawful, she shows how instituting slavery really contradicts our conscious and beliefs. Also, Mr. Bird helps Eliza and her son reach safety. Because he is a senator, Mr. Bird is not simply a man aiding a criminal, but a symbol that those in control of the government consider it's system to be flawed.
Because Eliza collapses on Mr. and Mrs. Bird's front porch after reaching the Kentucky line carrying her