Jonas Wilkerson is the O’Haras’ former overseer and head of the Freedman’s Bureau. Ellen O’Hara dismisses Jonas after he impregnated Emmie Slattery, and most wealthy Southerners in Ellen’s circle look down on Jonas for being poor. Jonas later marries Emmie and, in his capacity as his head of the Freedman’s Bureau, raises the taxes on Tara in hopes of getting Scarlett evicted so he and Emmie can live there. Scarlett surmises that Jonas wants to get even for being dismissed by taking Tara from her. As head of the Freedman’s Bureau, Jonas Wilkerson supports the rights of Black people. He is ultimately killed by Tony Fontaine for encouraging a culture in which Black people have rights.
Jonas Wilkerson Quotes in Gone with the Wind
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Chapter 49
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The hate that enveloped the Bullock regime enveloped her too […] Scarlett had cast her lot with the enemy and, whatever her birth and family connections, she was now in the category of a turncoat, a nigger lover, a traitor, a Republican—and a Scallawag.
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Jonas Wilkerson Quotes in Gone with the Wind
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Chapter 49
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The hate that enveloped the Bullock regime enveloped her too […] Scarlett had cast her lot with the enemy and, whatever her birth and family connections, she was now in the category of a turncoat, a nigger lover, a traitor, a Republican—and a Scallawag.
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