# Mr. Theodore Parker — To Cuba and Back character guide

> Mr. Theodore Parker in To Cuba and Back by Richard Henry Dana Jr..

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Parker, Parker

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

An American abolitionist and intellectual referenced in the narrative.

## In the story

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

Mr. Parker is met at a counting house; he is in Havana for his health and finds the city too hot, planning to leave for Santa Cruz.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xvii)

Mr. Parker has left Havana for Santa Cruz, having visited the College of Belen and been received by the Jesuits.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xxiii)

Referenced indirectly as a source of influence; the narrator mentions having seen persons of influence and intelligence from each class.

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