# Cousin Fanny — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl character guide

> Cousin Fanny in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda Brent.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Fanny, Fanny, Poor Fanny

**First appearance:** 0004-i-childhood

## Who they are

Linda's cousin who is also enslaved.

## In the story

### [The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/iv-the-slave-who-dared-to-feel-like-a-man)

Friend who lived with the family; Benjamin bids her farewell before his escape.

### [Preparations for Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxix-preparations-for-escape)

Fanny is a friend of Linda's who escapes on the same vessel, having been sold away from her children and hidden by her mother Aggie.

### [XXX: Northward Bound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxx-northward-bound)

Travels with Linda; shares her own story of escape and the agony of separation from her children.

### [Incidents in Philadelphia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxi-incidents-in-philadelphia)

Travels with Linda to Philadelphia and is settled with a friend of Mr. Durham.

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