# Jerco — Home to Harlem character guide

> Jerco in Home to Harlem by Claude McKay.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0013-x-the-railroad

## Who they are

A friend and fellow worker of Jake's on the railroad, part of the laboring community.

## Relationships

### [Congo Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/home_to_harlem_se/characters/congo_rose)

_romantic_

Congo Rose and Jerco are involved in a passionate but unstable affair, often overlapping with her relationship with Jake.

### [Ma Lawton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/home_to_harlem_se/characters/ma_lawton)

_social_

Jerco is a casual acquaintance of Ma Lawton, often seen around the boarding house but not deeply connected.

### [Congo Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/home_to_harlem_se/characters/congo_rose)

_romantic_

Congo Rose and Jerco are involved in a passionate but unstable affair, often overlapping with her relationship with Jake.

### [Ma Lawton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/home_to_harlem_se/characters/ma_lawton)

_social_

Jerco is a casual acquaintance of Ma Lawton, often seen around the boarding house but not deeply connected.

### [Ma Lawton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/home_to_harlem_se/characters/ma_lawton)

_social_

Jerco is a casual acquaintance of Ma Lawton, often seen around the boarding house but not deeply connected.

### [Congo Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/home_to_harlem_se/characters/congo_rose)

_romantic_

Congo Rose and Jerco are involved in a passionate but unstable affair, often overlapping with her relationship with Jake.

## In the story

### [He Also Loved](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/home_to_harlem_se/chapters/xvii-he-also-loved)

Jericho Jones, a friend of Jake's, deeply devoted to Rosalind, pawns his belongings for her care.

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