# Aunt Chloe — Poetry character guide

> Aunt Chloe in Poetry by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Chloe

**First appearance:** 0003-the-slave-mother

## Who they are

An older female slave or domestic figure in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_family_

Aunt Chloe is a maternal or elder relative to the narrator, offering care or wisdom.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_family_

Aunt Chloe is a maternal or elder relative to the narrator, offering care or wisdom.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_family_

Aunt Chloe is a maternal or elder relative to the narrator, offering care or wisdom.

## In the story

### [Aunt Chloe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/aunt-chloe)

The narrator and grieving mother whose children are sold away.

### [The Deliverance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-deliverance)

Narrator of the chapter, reflecting on the war and freedom.

### [Aunt Chloe's Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/aunt-chloe-s-politics)

The speaker who reflects on politics and moral integrity.

### [Learning to Read](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/learning-to-read)

Aunt Chloe is addressed by others who discourage her from learning, but she persists and achieves literacy.

### [The Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/the-reunion)

Reunites with her son Jakey and expresses joy and relief at being free from Old Mistus's control.

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