# Adolph — Uncle Tom’s Cabin character guide

> Adolph in Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Adolph

**First appearance:** 0014-volume-i-xv-of-tom-s-new-master-and-various-other-matters

## Who they are

Augustine St. Clare's vain, pampered enslaved valet.

## In the story

### [Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-i-xviii-miss-ophelia-s-experiences-and-opinions)

Adolph is depicted as careless and extravagant, losing his role in marketing to Tom; he mocks Prue and adopts his master's name.

### [The Unprotected](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxix-the-unprotected)

Crestfallen and disconsolate after St. Clare's death, he overhears the plan to sell the slaves and shares the news with Tom.

### [XXX: The Slave Warehouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uncle_tom_s_cabin_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxx-the-slave-warehouse)

Adolph is also taken to the warehouse, where he reacts with disgust and pride when Sambo mocks him. He is part of the group sold at auction.

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