# Barney — Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass character guide

> Barney in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Barney, old Barney

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

An elderly slave on Colonel Lloyd's plantation.

## In the story

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/narrative_of_the_life_of_frederick_douglass_se/chapters/iii)

An elderly slave, between fifty and sixty years old, who is forced to kneel and receive over thirty lashes for alleged neglect of Colonel Lloyd's horses.

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