Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass · Character
Thomas Lanman
A slaveholder who hires Douglass.
minor
Also known as Mr. Thomas Lanman
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Thomas Lanman shows up with force in Chapter IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Killed two slaves, one with a hatchet, and boasted about it.
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