
With her “mild blue eyes and a peach blow complexion, and the gentlest, sweetest voice in the world,” she is portrayed as a female that others would want to be recognized as (Stowe, 92). Bird is both beautiful and in charge (Stowe, 91). She is introduced as “looking the very picture of delight,” as she “was superintending the arrangements of the table,” which automatically reveals to the reader that Mrs. Bird is represented as a kind woman who feels that it is her Christian duty to help anyone in need.


Bird, who live in the state of Ohio, which was a free state during the 19 th century and was often a pass through for slaves on their way to Canada. In chapter IX of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, we are introduced to Senator and Mrs.
