▁words , ▁" buff o ons ". ▁Crit ic ism ▁of ▁sla very ▁was ▁placed ▁largely ▁in ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁a ▁newly ▁introduced ▁Yan kee ▁character , ▁a ▁rep orter ▁named ▁Pen et rate ▁Part ys ide . ▁St . ▁Cla re ' s ▁role ▁was ▁expanded , ▁and ▁turned ▁into ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁pro - s la very ▁advoc ate , ▁art icul ating ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁a ▁John ▁C . ▁Cal h oun . ▁Leg ree ▁rig s ▁the ▁au ction ▁that ▁gets ▁him ▁ownership ▁of ▁Tom ▁( as ▁against ▁St owe ' s ▁and ▁A iken ' s ▁port ray al ▁of ▁opp ression ▁as ▁the ▁normal ▁mode ▁of ▁sla very , ▁not ▁an ▁ab use ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁by ▁a ▁che ater ). ▁Bey ond ▁this , ▁Con way ▁gave ▁his ▁play ▁a ▁happy ▁ending , ▁with ▁Tom ▁and ▁various ▁other ▁slaves ▁fre ed . ▁ ▁Show men ▁felt ▁that ▁St owe ' s ▁novel ▁had ▁a ▁f law ▁in ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁clearly ▁defined ▁com ic ▁character , ▁so ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁role ▁for ▁a ▁com ed ian , ▁and ▁consequ ently ▁little ▁relief ▁from ▁the ▁tra ged y . ▁Event ually ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁minor ▁character ▁of ▁Mark s ▁the ▁Law yer ▁could ▁be ▁played ▁as ▁a ▁broad ▁car ic ature ▁for ▁laugh s , ▁dress ing ▁him ▁in ▁fo pp ish ▁clothes , ▁often ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁a ▁d ain ty ▁um bre lla . ▁Some ▁produ ctions ▁even ▁had ▁him ▁make ▁an