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Sambo

A cruel overseer on Legree's plantation.

minor

First appearance: Dark Places

Sambo shows up with force in XXX: The Slave Warehouse. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Sambo is a burly, coarse slave in the warehouse who performs buffoonery and mocks Adolph.
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In XXX: The Slave Warehouse: Sambo is a burly, coarse slave in the warehouse who performs buffoonery and mocks Adolph. He represents the brutalized, callous slave. Later, in Dark Places: Sambo is one of Legree's brutal…

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

The "Endnotes" chapter serves as the dramatic climax because it abruptly shifts the narrative focus from the c…

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See Sambo in Dark Places