owners + masters [frederick douglass]

mr. gore

"it is better that a dozen slaves should suffer under the lash, than that the overseer should be convicted, in the presence of the slaves, of having been at fault."

mr. hopkins

a good overseer

mr. plummer

a savage monster

captain anthony

douglass' first master; probably his father clerk and manager for colonel lloyd cruel man whips aunt hester

colonel edward lloyd

douglass' first owner extremely rich owns over 1,000 slaves inconsistent + cruel

sophia auld

hugh auld's wife novice slave owner nicest person douglass ever saw became corrupted by owning slaves taught him his letters

captain thomas auld

lucretia auld's husband, hugh auld's brother inherited slave holder pious christian, uses the bible to justify cruelty

overseers

mr. plummer, mr. severe, mr. hopkins, mr. gore, mr. covey

mr. covey

pious slave breaker, turned douglass into a brute

mr. gore

the most dreaded overseer

hugh auld

thomas auld's brother + douglass' occasional master wife was sophia, son was thomas has internal conflict on how to treat slaves prevented douglass from learning how to read became cruel from alcohol lived in baltimore "honorable sort of robber"

mr. severe

took pleasure in his barbarity