4. In the passage below from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the slaveholder Shelby talks about Tom, the slave he plans to give to a slave trader to pay off a debt.
"Well, Tom's got the real article, if ever a fellow had," rejoined the other. "Why, fast fall, I let him go to Cincinnat alone, to do business for me, and bring home five hundred dollars. "Tom,' says i
to him, "trust you, because I think you're a Christian -- I know you wouldn't cheat.' Tom comes back, sure enough; I knew he would. Some low fellows, they say, said to him-"Tom, why don't
you make tracks for Canada7 'Ah, master trusted me, and I couldn't, they told me about it. I am sorry to part with Tom, I must say. You ought to let him cover the whole balance of the debt;
and you would, Haley, if you had any conscience."
What is ironic about Shelby's description of Tom?
Shelby trusts Tom but does not trust Haley
Shelby has been fooled into thinking that Tom is trustworthy,
Tom and Shelby are both good Christians
Tom is clearly a more moral person than Shelby
