# Mr. Green — Clotel character guide

> Mr. Green in Clotel by William Wells Brown.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** George Green, little George, George, Mrs. Green, Mary Green, Mary

**First appearance:** 0010-vii-the-poor-whites-south

## Who they are

A slaveholder's son whose whiteness and conscience collide when he joins an uprising and faces the price of freedom.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Carlton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/mr_carlton)

_social_

Mr. Carlton and Mr. Green are likely acquaintances or fellow slaveholders, interacting in social or business contexts.

### [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/the_judge)

_professional_

Mr. Green and The Judge interact in legal or judicial matters, likely involving slave cases or property disputes.

### [Horatio Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/horatio_green)

_family_

Mr. Green is Horatio's father, and their relationship involves filial duty and conflict over Horatio's choices.

### [Clotel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/clotel)

_rivalry_

Mr. Green is antagonistic toward Clotel, representing the oppressive slaveholding class that seeks to control and exploit her.

### [Mr. Devenant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/mr_devenant)

_social_

Mr. Devenant and Mr. Green are social or business associates, likely involved in the slave trade or Southern gentry circles.

### [Mr. Carlton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/mr_carlton)

_social_

Mr. Carlton and Mr. Green are likely acquaintances or fellow slaveholders, interacting in social or business contexts.

### [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/the_judge)

_professional_

Mr. Green and The Judge interact in legal or judicial matters, likely involving slave cases or property disputes.

### [Mr. Devenant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/mr_devenant)

_social_

Mr. Devenant and Mr. Green are social or business associates, likely involved in the slave trade or Southern gentry circles.

### [Mr. Devenant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/mr_devenant)

_social_

Mr. Devenant and Mr. Green are social or business associates, likely involved in the slave trade or Southern gentry circles.

### [Mr. Carlton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/mr_carlton)

_social_

Mr. Carlton and Mr. Green are likely acquaintances or fellow slaveholders, interacting in social or business contexts.

### [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/the_judge)

_professional_

Mr. Green and The Judge interact in legal or judicial matters, likely involving slave cases or property disputes.

## In the story

### [Clotel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/clotel)

George Green, Clotel's brother, who is sentenced to death for rebellion but escapes with Mary's help and reunites with her in Canada.

### [I: The Negro Sale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/i-the-negro-sale)

Young Green, present at the auction with a blank bank check, hoping to bid for Clotel.

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

George, white-skinned slave of Horatio Green; sentenced to death for rebellion, escapes with Mary's help.

### [The Mystery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/xxvii-the-mystery)

George Green, now free and living in Canada, works to rescue Mary, then emigrates to England, becomes a successful clerk and partner, and later has a mysterious encounter in a French graveyard.

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

George Green is the protagonist of this chapter, who is brought to a villa and reunited with his lost love, Mary.

### [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.

## Links

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