# Aunt Polly — Clotel character guide

> Aunt Polly in Clotel by William Wells Brown.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mary

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-going-to-the-south

## Who they are

Elderly slave woman who cares for children.

## In the story

### [VIII: The Separation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/viii-the-separation)

Clotel's young daughter, who witnesses her mother's grief and is deeply affected by the sadness in their home.

### [Retaliation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/xvii-retaliation)

Clotel and Horatio's daughter, now a white-skinned slave girl subjected to brutal treatment to darken her complexion.

### [The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/xxvi-the-escape)

Clotel's daughter, servant in her father's house; helps George escape by exchanging clothes.

### [The Happy Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/xxviii-the-happy-meeting)

Mary is the lady George loved; she is revealed to be alive and married to Mr. Devenant, and they reunite in this chapter.

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