# Uncle Jacob — Poetry character guide

> Uncle Jacob in Poetry by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

An older male character, likely a slave or family elder.

## In the story

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

A saintly figure who counsels Chloe to bring her burden to the Saviour.

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

Elderly enslaved man who prays and prophesies the end of slavery.

### [Church Building](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_7_se/chapters/church-building)

The elderly leader who urges the community to build a church, delivers a final sermon, and dies soon after, expressing faith in reaching the promised land.

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