# Mrs. Sallie Martin — The Uncalled character guide

> Mrs. Sallie Martin in The Uncalled by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs. Martin, Sallie Martin, Sally Martin

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Snapshot

A Dexter neighbor who sits among the whispering women at Margaret Brent's deathbed, Mrs. Martin is part of the community that decides little Freddie's fate.

## Who they are

Mrs. Martin belongs to the circle of Dexter women who gather to lay out Margaret Brent and then debate, with astonishing speed, who should take the orphaned child. She is among the astonished chorus when Miss Prime declares the boy her duty, and her murmured wonderings — how Miss Hester will manage him, whether she will be good to him — voice the town's collective doubt. Her presence anchors the novel's opening in the small-town gossip that will shadow Fred for years.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/v)

Gossips with Miss Prime and later with Mrs. Smith, eager to learn and spread news about Freddie's future.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/ix)

One of the two ancient gossips; she invites Mrs. Smith for tea to share news about Fred's forced path to the ministry.

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