# Sam — Poetry character guide

> Sam in Poetry by James Weldon Johnson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sam den, Wen Sam, Wen dat darky riz

**First appearance:** 0048-sence-you-went-away

## Who they are

A plantation character in dialect poems.

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