Elbert Cluveau — The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Character Profile

About Elbert Cluveau

A post-emancipation plantation boss who maintains control over Jane through deceptive labor contracts and economic peonage, reflecting the continuation of oppression after slavery.

Character Facts

Played by

Will Hare

Appears in

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

Role

Supporting

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