# Thomas Wentworth Higginson — The Souls of Black Folk character guide

> Thomas Wentworth Higginson in The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Thomas Wentworth Higginson

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-of-the-dawn-of-freedom

## Who they are

Abolitionist and colonel of the first Black regiment in the Civil War.

## In the story

### [XIV: The Sorrow Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_souls_of_black_folk_se/chapters/xiv-the-sorrow-songs)

Documented the slave songs of the Sea Islands during the Port Royal experiment, helping to introduce them to a wider audience.

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