# Tom Burwell — Cane character guide

> Tom Burwell in Cane by Jean Toomer.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tom

**First appearance:** 0021-part-i-blood-burning-moon

## Who they are

A black laborer who becomes the victim of a brutal lynching.

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