# Sam Hose — The Souls of Black Folk character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sam

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-of-mr-booker-t-washington-and-others

## Who they are

A Black man whose lynching is referenced as a symbol of racial terror in the South.

## In the story

### [Of the Black Belt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_souls_of_black_folk_se/chapters/vii-of-the-black-belt)

Mentioned as having been crucified near the center of the Negro problem in Georgia.

### [Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_souls_of_black_folk_se/chapters/viii-of-the-quest-of-the-golden-fleece)

Referenced as an example of a serious race disturbance arising from disputes between master and man in the county.

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