# The White John — The Souls of Black Folk character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John

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

## Who they are

A white man in the rural South, possibly a landowner or overseer.

## In the story

### [Of the Coming of John](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_souls_of_black_folk_se/chapters/xiii-of-the-coming-of-john)

The white John, son of Judge Henderson, who returns from Princeton with contempt for Altamaha and clashes with Black John.

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