In the excerpt above, George's "free soil" is a reference to his grave.
This excerpt in from Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel written by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of stereotypes about black people. The book starts with a Kentucky farmer named Arthur Shelby facing the loss of his farm because of debts.
Scrooge in dickens' A Christmas Carol i miserly an greedy
Explanation:
He is so cheap that he won't allow his clerk to put another coal on the fire even though the room is freezing.It is Christmastime and several men visit Scrogs's office to collect money to buy food for a feast for the poor. Scrooge angrily refuses and throws the men out of his office.
