# Snyder — Clotel character guide

> Snyder in Clotel by William Wells Brown.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Snyder, Marser Snyder, Hontz Snyder

**First appearance:** 0013-x-the-young-christian

## Who they are

Cruel slaveholder who tortures his slaves.

## Relationships

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

_professional_

Snyder is likely a servant or employee in the Carlton household, interacting with Georgiana in a service capacity.

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

_professional_

Snyder is likely a servant or employee in the Carlton household, interacting with Georgiana in a service capacity.

## In the story

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

The missionary preacher who delivers a pro-slavery sermon to the enslaved people.

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

Missionary and preacher; describes the ignorance and poverty of the Sand Hill poor whites and blames slavery.

### [A Slave Hunting Parson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/clotel_se/chapters/xiii-a-slave-hunting-parson)

Mentioned as the preacher to field negroes, part of Mr. Peck's efforts to appear as a Christian master.

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

The Dutch preacher whose sermons are dispensed with because they are seen as making slaves content with their condition.

## Links

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