Jube Benson

Jube Benson is also a main character of the short story “The Lynching of Jube Benson” by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Jube Benson is “the black man of all work about” the house where Dr. Melville has set up his medical practice, which means that he does all sorts of work. He also has a girlfriend named Lucy. 

Jube Benson’s inner characterization reveals that he feels affection towards Annie: “White and black who ...