# Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl — Character guide

> Key figures in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda Brent.

- [Linda Brent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/linda_brent.md): Linda Brent narrates her own story as a enslaved woman in a Southern town, bound to a predatory master and a jealous mistress, yet sustained by her grandmother's moral authority and her own fierce maternal devotion. She 
- [Dr. Flint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/dr_flint.md): Dr. Flint is Linda's master, a man whose medical standing gives him cover for relentless sexual pursuit and petty tyranny. He alternates between oily endearments and threats of violence, enraged less by Linda's resistanc
- [Mrs. Flint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mrs_flint.md): Mrs. Flint knows her husband's character intimately and could have shielded the young enslaved women in her household, but instead directs her suspicion and malevolence at Linda. She would rather sell Linda to a distant 
- [Benjamin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/benjamin.md): Benjamin, called Ben, is Linda's brother, separated from her by sale and distance but never by affection. His successful escape to California proves that flight is possible, yet his absence also sharpens Linda's fear tha
- [William](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/william.md): William is Linda's brother, a faithful servant whose disappearance during a trip North with his master leaves his family uncertain whether he has been decoyed away or has seized his own freedom. His grandmother waits din
- [Ellen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/ellen.md): Ellen is Linda's daughter, a child whose presence transforms her mother's fear into ferocity. When Linda imagines what Ellen might suffer at the same age she herself endured slavery's worst, her heart becomes like a tige
- [Mr. Sands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mr_sands.md): Mr. Sands moves through Linda's world as a sympathetic white man whose affection complicates rather than shields her, since no bond with a slaveholder can truly free a woman owned by another. He fathers her children and 
- [Grandmother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/grandmother.md): Known to neighbors as Aunt Marthy, she has earned a rare respect among both enslaved people and whites, and her modest home is the emotional anchor Linda returns to again and again. Her pride and religious conviction mak
- [Aunt Nancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/aunt_nancy.md): Aunt Nancy lives under the same system that claims Linda, bound to a neighboring household yet tethered to her kin by loyalty and shared grief. Her circumstances keep her close enough to help and far enough to be powerle
- [Mrs. Bruce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mrs_bruce.md): Mrs. Bruce enters Linda's life in the free North as an employer whose decency stands in sharp contrast to the Flints, yet whose help Linda cannot accept without ambivalence. When a new master threatens to seize Linda's c
- [Peter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/peter.md): A slave who helps Linda during her escape.
- [Betty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/betty.md): An enslaved woman who assists Linda in hiding.
- [Phil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/phil.md): A free black man who aids Linda's escape.
- [Cousin Fanny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/cousin_fanny.md): Linda's cousin who is also enslaved.
- [Young Mr. Flint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/young_mr_flint.md): Dr. Flint's son who inherits the plantation.
- [Luke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/luke.md): A slave who provides information to Linda.
- [Mrs. Hobbs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mrs_hobbs.md): A woman who briefly employs Linda in the North.
- [Mr. Durham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mr_durham.md): A kind Quaker who helps Linda.
- [Mr. Thorne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mr_thorne.md): A slaveholder who appears in a sketch.
- [Aunt Martha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/aunt_martha.md): An older enslaved woman who comforts Linda.
- [Sally](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/sally.md): A fellow slave of Linda's.
- [Mr. Pike](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mr_pike.md): A hypocritical slaveholding preacher.
- [Baby Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/baby_mary.md): Linda's daughter who dies in infancy.
- [Miss Emily Flint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/miss_emily_flint.md): Dr. Flint's daughter.
- [Mr. Bruce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mr_bruce.md): Mrs. Bruce's husband, who supports Linda's freedom.
- [Lawyer Hopper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/lawyer_hopper.md): A lawyer who advises Linda on legal matters.
- [Mr. Litch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/mr_litch.md): A slaveholder who appears briefly.
- [Uncle Fred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/characters/uncle_fred.md): An older enslaved man on the plantation.

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