Walden · Character
Cato Ingraham
A former slave who lived in a hut near Walden Pond and farmed.
minor
Also known as Cato
First appearance: Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors
Cato Ingraham's tie to John Farmer is one of the pressures that moves Walden—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Former slave of Duncan Ingraham who lived east of Thoreau's bean-field; his cellar-hole remains, now overgrown with sumach and goldenrod.
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- Marginalized Pond Residents
- Protagonist
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