The Yemassee (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Gilmore Simms
- First Published: 1835
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Early eighteenth century
- Setting: South Carolina
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Colonies or colonization, Love or romance, South or Southerners, Native Americans or American Indians, Eighteenth century, Massacres, Frontier or pioneer life, Land settlement
- Locales: South Carolina
Characters Discussed
Gabriel Harrison (Governor Charles Craven), a young man of commanding presence and gay, worldly manner. A stranger looked on with suspicion by some of the South Carolina frontiersmen, he wins them over through his valiant leadership in defending the colony against the Yemassee uprising. He then reveals that he is the new governor of the province in disguise.
Parson Matthews, who dislikes Harrison until won over by his heroism. Matthews’ insistence on the friendliness of the Indians, in spite of Harrison’s warnings, results in his and his...
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