# Ned — John Brown’s Body character guide

> Ned in John Brown’s Body by Stephen Vincent Benét.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Edmund Ruffin

**First appearance:** 0004-prelude

## Who they are

An elderly Southern fire-eater and secessionist, appears in historical scenes.

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