# Aunt Rachel — The Quest of the Silver Fleece character guide

> Aunt Rachel in The Quest of the Silver Fleece by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rachel

**First appearance:** 0003-i-dreams

## Who they are

An older Black woman in the community.

## In the story

### [IV: Town](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_quest_of_the_silver_fleece_se/chapters/iv-town)

An elderly Black woman whose sons face the chain gang, pleading for mercy from Judge Grey.

### [XII: The Promise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_quest_of_the_silver_fleece_se/chapters/xii-the-promise)

A tenant who comes to Miss Smith for help, revealing that Colonel Cresswell refuses to let her family leave despite their debts.

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