# Mr. Bristol — John Brown’s Body character guide

> Mr. Bristol in John Brown’s Body by Stephen Vincent Benét.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bristol, Wainscott Bristol

**First appearance:** 0005-book-i

## Who they are

A Northern businessman or politician, appears in civilian contexts.

## Relationships

### [Huger Shepley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se/characters/huger_shepley)

_professional_

Huger Shepley and Mr. Bristol have a business or employer-employee relationship, focused on practical matters.

### [Huger Shepley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se/characters/huger_shepley)

_professional_

Huger Shepley and Mr. Bristol have a business or employer-employee relationship, focused on practical matters.

## In the story

### [Prelude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se/chapters/prelude)

The captain, who reads the Bible and justifies the slave trade as the Lord's work.

### [Book VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se/chapters/book-vi)

Plays piquet with Shepley, speaks in a soft drawl, and jokes about avoiding home-front braggarts and preferring charging cannons to polite lies.

### [Book VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se/chapters/book-vii)

Found by Clay Wingate after the battle, his face described as a 'ferret's mask' with dried blood.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se/characters/mr_bristol
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/john_brown_s_body_se/characters