The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · Character
Uncle Jake
Black man who tells ghost stories.
minor
First appearance: ix tragedy in the graveyard
Uncle Jake shows up with force in XXVIII: In the Lair of Injun Joe. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as Ben Rogers' father's enslaved man who lets Huck sleep in the hayloft and gives him food.
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In XXVIII: In the Lair of Injun Joe: Mentioned as Ben Rogers' father's enslaved man who lets Huck sleep in the hayloft and gives him…
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See Uncle Jake in ix tragedy in the graveyard