# Ned Huckelby — Clotel character guide

> Ned Huckelby in Clotel by William Wells Brown.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Huckelby, Ned, Edward

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

## Who they are

Slave overseer known for cruelty.

## Relationships

### [William Wells Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/william_wells_brown)

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Ned Huckelby is a slave overseer, embodying the cruelty that Brown critiques in his narrative.

### [William Wells Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/characters/william_wells_brown)

_rivalry_

Ned Huckelby is a slave overseer, embodying the cruelty that Brown critiques in his narrative.

## In the story

### [The Religious Teacher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/vi-the-religious-teacher)

The overseer who dines with Snyder and Carlton after the sermon.

### [VII: The Poor Whites, South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/vii-the-poor-whites-south)

Overseer from Maryland; illiterate but confirms Snyder's account and expresses anti-slavery sentiments.

### [XVIII: The Liberator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/xviii-the-liberator)

The overseer whose reign ends as the Carltons introduce new rules for the treatment of slaves.

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