Douglass is the book's narrator, and it's a book about him. So in a way, it's hard to really describe him as a character. The entire book describes him as a character. But his personality is also w...

Captain Thomas is Lucretia's husband. Although he is a churchgoing person, his conversion to Christianity only makes him more confident of his right to treat his slaves with great cruelty.

Garrison first meets Douglass at an anti-slavery convention, where the audience convinces a reluctant Douglass to stand up and talk about his experiences as a slave. Garrison is really impressed wi...

Wendell Phillips is another important abolitionist, though perhaps not as famous at the time as Garrison. He has less of a personal connection to Douglass, though they were friends. He wrote a lett...