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Scarlett hires Johnnie Gallegher to manage her second mill in Atlanta and oversee the convict gang that she employs. Scarlett soon discovers that Johnnie starves and whips the convicts, and everyone says he’s a cruel man. This troubles her, but she overlooks these character faults and like him because he makes her a lot of money at the mill.
Johnnie Gallegher Quotes in Gone with the Wind
The Gone with the Wind quotes below are all either spoken by Johnnie Gallegher or refer to Johnnie Gallegher . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 44 Quotes
Her conscience battled with her desire for money. She knew she had no business exposing human lives to the hard little man’s mercies. If he should cause the death of one of them she would be as guilty as he was.
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Chapter 63 Quotes
“I’ll think of it all tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. […] After all, tomorrow is another day.”
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Johnnie Gallegher Character Timeline in Gone with the Wind
The timeline below shows where the character Johnnie Gallegher appears in Gone with the Wind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 38
...He’s bad at business, but he is honest. She wants to hire a man named Johnnie Gallegher. They get along well and he understands business, but he’s busy for now.
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Chapter 41
...scares and confuses her. She’s excited to get back to the mills herself and hire Johnnie Gallegher to run one of them. Scarlett decides that her baby is a total inconvenience,...
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Chapter 42
...Scarlett tells Archie to take her to Ashley’s mill, saying that she’s going to hire Johnnie Gallegher and lease convicts. Archie refuses to work for Scarlett if she leases convicts. He...
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...and that Black people were better off when they were enslaved. Scarlett replaces Hugh with Johnnie Gallegher, since he’s the only person she knows who approves of the convicts. He asks...
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Chapter 43
...of the Period Saloon last night and heard of her new business plan. He says Johnnie Gallegher is a “cold little bully,” and that he’ll work the convicts to death.
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Chapter 44
On a cold afternoon in March, Scarlett drives out to Johnnie Gallegher’s mill. Driving alone has been dangerous ever since the legislature refused to ratify the...
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The sun is setting when Scarlett reaches the mill. Johnnie Gallegher stands outside with the convict crew. The convicts were energetic when they came, but...
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Scarlett looks inside the shack. A “mulatto” woman that Scarlett knows lives with Johnnie is stirring a pot of black-eyed peas. When Scarlett asks her, the woman says there’s...
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At the buggy, Scarlett shouts at Johnnie, calling him a scoundrel and a cheat. Johnnie tells Scarlett to mind her own business...
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Chapter 51
...convicts; he’s no “convict driver.” Scarlett says that free Blacks cost more than convicts, and Johnnie Gallegher does an excellent job driving them. She says Ashley should try whipping them, like...
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Chapter 56
...keep running her businesses. However, Scarlett’s heart isn’t in it; she has nasty fights with Johnnie Gallegher and never goes to Ashley’s mill. She sees Ashley often at Melanie’s, but they...
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Chapter 57
...had no problem enslaving Blacks. Ashley says his enslaved persons weren’t miserable. Besides, he knows Johnnie Gallegher has killed some of the convicts. Scarlett accuses him of calling her a bad...
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