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F. B. Sanborn

Abolitionist and Thoreau's friend; helped John Brown.

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First appearance: a plea for captain john brown

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Sanborn provides editorial commentary and historical context throughout the endnotes.
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Character Web

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Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse historical and contemporary figures
  • Protagonist
  • Native American guides and explorers
  • Elizabethan literary and political figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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