Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass · Character
Colonel Edward Lloyd
A planter of near-biblical wealth who owns so many slaves he cannot recognize them, and sells any man who tells the truth about him.
supporting
Also known as Colonel Lloyd, Lloyd, Colonel Edward Lloyd
First appearance: Chapter III
As a supporting figure in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Colonel Edward Lloyd is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Owner of the home plantation and numerous farms; his property is the central setting of the chapter.
Colonel Edward Lloyd presides over the Great House Farm with a thousand enslaved people and a household of sons and sons-in-law who whip servants for sport. When a slave honestly answers Lloyd's roadside questions about his treatment, the man is chained and sold to a Georgia trader without warning. Lloyd's casual power shows how slavery turns ordinary conversation into a death sentence.
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- Cruel Overseers and Masters
- Key Figures in Douglass's Life
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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See Colonel Edward Lloyd in Chapter III