# Hugh Ferryman — The Black Arrow character guide

> Hugh Ferryman in The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hugh

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-the-fen-ferry

## Who they are

The ferryman who transports Dick and Matcham across the fen.

## Relationships

### [Dick Shelton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/dick_shelton)

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Hugh Ferryman is a boatman who helps Dick and Matcham escape, showing kindness and loyalty.

### [Matcham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/matcham)

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Hugh Ferryman helps Matcham (Joanna) escape, showing kindness without knowing her true identity.

### [Dick Shelton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/dick_shelton)

_friendship_

Hugh Ferryman is a boatman who helps Dick and Matcham escape, showing kindness and loyalty.

### [Dick Shelton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/dick_shelton)

_friendship_

Hugh Ferryman is a boatman who helps Dick and Matcham escape, showing kindness and loyalty.

### [Matcham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/matcham)

_friendship_

Hugh Ferryman helps Matcham (Joanna) escape, showing kindness without knowing her true identity.

### [Matcham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/matcham)

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Hugh Ferryman helps Matcham (Joanna) escape, showing kindness without knowing her true identity.

## In the story

### [The Fen Ferry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/iii-the-fen-ferry)

Ferries Dick and Matcham, warns of John-a-Fenne, and is complicit in the ambush.

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