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Twelve Years a Slave · Character

Myers

A slave trader who transports Solomon.

minor

First appearance: iii

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PEPeterMTMaster TibeatsPLPlattSASamMFMaster FordMYMyers

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended family and peripheral figures
  • Plantation slaves and overseers
  • Solomon's captors and betrayers
  • Neighboring plantation slaves

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Myers in iii