# Old Mistis — John Brown’s Body character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** ole Mistis, Mistis

**First appearance:** 0006-book-ii

## Who they are

The elderly mistress of the Wingate plantation.

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