![]() She leans on a support network of family and friends that includes her former teacher, Fern Elston her mother and Calvin, her twin brother. In the present time of the narrative, Henry’s wife, Caldonia, is devastated by Henry’s death. And William is happy to guide Henry, especially in matters of being a slave master. Henry turns to William for guidance throughout his life, instead of Augustus. When Augustus visits Henry, he refuses to stay under Henry’s roof, choosing instead to sleep in a slave cabin. Henry’s parents cannot understand how their son could choose to be a slaveowner, and Augustus bans Henry from ever visiting their home. Henry’s relationship with his parents becomes strained after he reveals that he has saved enough money to purchase his first slave, Moses. He worries about his black son, Louis, and his black daughter, Dora, but he hopes that Henry will be able to look out for them in a way that he cannot. ![]() William has a white family with his wife and a black family with his mistress. Henry grows to admire William, working as his groom and shoemaker, and William trusts Henry. ![]() ![]() ![]() His father, Augustus Townsend, was able to buy his own freedom and later his wife’s freedom Augustus eventually purchases Henry’s freedom as well, but only after Henry has lived on William Robbins’s plantation for most of his childhood. Henry Townsend owns 33 slaves in fictional Manchester County, Virginia. ![]()
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