Uncle Tom's Cabin (Chapters IV- V

In chapter eight Eliza crosses the Ohio River from Kentucky to Ohio and a man on the bank helps her. She was pointed to a house that would help her and it was the senators house and that day legislature was passed so escaped slaves from Kentucky are to be returned. The senator brings her to a safe house and helps her even when the risks for him would be the most severe. When I started the chapter I was very worried that she would be turned away or even worse returned to Kentucky, but she was helped.