White Acre Vs. Black Acre - Allegories

Allegories

• Broadview is an English gentleman, and the main protagonist of the novel who attempts to heal the breach between the White and Black Acres. Broadview represents the readers of the story, acting as an outside influence to the ongoing conflict between the two farms.
• The White Acre Farm is one-half of the original land owned by Mr. Bull, which is tended to by a handful of farmhands incapable of harvesting the produce. The White Acre symbolises the Northern United States before (and later during) the American Civil War.
• The Black Acre Farm is one-half of Mr. Bull's land that is tended to by loyal, hardworking slaves who are able to farm the land easily due to their effort and numbers. The Black Acre symbolises the Southern United States and the later Confederate States of America.
• Mr. Bull is a portly, ageing businessman who is overwrought by his excessive workload, and is unable to make deals effectively without additional assistance due to his age. He represents Great Britain and the British Empire as a whole, with his name and appearance being derived from John Bull.
• Don Armado is a minor character who is referenced frequently as a part-associate, part-adversary of Mr. Bull who uses slaves for harvesting sugar and mining gold. His title of Don and the references to gold suggest that Don Armado represents the early Spanish Empire that colonized the Americas during the Renaissance, before the arrival of the British in the 17th century.