Simon Legree
noun
Si·mon Le·gree
ˌsī-mən-lə-ˈgrē 
: a slave owner who has Tom flogged to death in Harriet B. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Samuel Pinchard, the plantation owner, is a literary descendent of Simon Legree, but Jeffers has drawn him in the full height of psychological complexity.
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Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2021
Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2021
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“Simon Legree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Simon%20Legree. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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