Mr. Garner

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Mr. Garner is the white slave owner of Sweet Home plantation in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," known for his comparatively lenient yet still oppressive treatment of the enslaved people there.

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Mr. Garner canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist
fictional character
literary character
planter
slave owner
allows limited decision-making to enslaved men
some autonomy to enslaved men
appearsIn Beloved
appearsInGenre African-American literature
historical fiction
associatedTheme illusion of benevolent slavery
power and ownership
contrastedWith Schoolteacher
createdBy Toni Morrison
denies full freedom to enslaved people
diesBefore Schoolteacher’s arrival at Sweet Home
employsSystem slavery
firstPublicationContext Beloved
surface form: Beloved (1987 novel)
gender male
grants permission for Halle to buy his mother’s freedom
marriedTo Mrs. Garner
medium novel
moralAmbiguity both less sadistic and still fundamentally oppressive
narrativeFunction to show relative degrees of brutality within slavery
nationalityInFiction American
occupation plantation owner
owns Sweet Home plantation
race white
relationshipToCharacter Halle’s enslaver
Paul A’s enslaver
Paul D’s enslaver
Paul F’s enslaver
Sethe’s enslaver
Sixo’s enslaver
settingLocation Kentucky
symbolizes paternalistic slaveholder
timePeriod pre-American Civil War
treatmentStyle comparatively lenient within slave system
treatsEnslavedAs property
upholdsSystem chattel slavery

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Sethe enslavedBy Mr. Garner
Halle Suggs employer Mr. Garner
Halle Suggs enslaver Mr. Garner