# Bill Starkey — Black Beauty character guide

> Bill Starkey in Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bill, Willie

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i-my-early-home

## Who they are

A cruel boy who torments horses and later becomes a cab driver.

## In the story

### [My Breaking In](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-i-iii-my-breaking-in)

Not directly present in this chapter.

### [The Devil's Trade Mark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-the-devil-s-trade-mark)

The boy who cruelly abuses the pony and is thrown into a thorn hedge; also remembered for torturing flies at school.

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