# Pierce — The Souls of Black Folk character guide

> Pierce in The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pierce

**First appearance:** 0009-vii-of-the-black-belt

## Who they are

A white landowner or official in the post-Civil War South.

## In the story

### [II: Of the Dawn of Freedom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_souls_of_black_folk_se/chapters/ii-of-the-dawn-of-freedom)

A Bostonian who helped found the Freedmen's Bureau by caring for refugees at Fortress Monroe and starting the Port Royal experiment.

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