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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Garner canonical | 5 |
Statements (40)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.