Clotel · Character
Ned Huckelby
Slave overseer known for cruelty.
minor
Also known as Huckelby, Ned, Edward
First appearance: ii going to the south
Ned Huckelby's tie to William Wells Brown is one of the pressures that moves Clotel—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The overseer who dines with Snyder and Carlton after the sermon.
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With William Wells Brown (rivalry): Ned Huckelby is a slave overseer, embodying the cruelty that Brown critiques in his narrative. With William Wells Brown (rivalry): Ned Huckelby is a slave overseer, embodying the…
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- Abolitionist allies
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