# Benito Cereno — Short Fiction character guide

> Benito Cereno in Short Fiction by Herman Melville.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Don Benito, Don Benito Cereno

**First appearance:** 0023-benito-cereno

## Who they are

Spanish captain of the San Dominick, traumatized by a slave revolt aboard his ship.

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