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For the Historical Character, see Caroline Abbott.

Miss Caroline is a white woman who helps Ruth and Addy Walker escape enslavement and journey north.

Personality and Facts[]

Miss Caroline is an elderly white woman not much taller than Addy. She lives alone in a white house with red shutters on a little hill near where railroad tracks cross each other. She is an abolitionist and assists enslaved people in escaping their enslavement. While she appears brash and unkind at first, it is part of the cover for her assistance. She does not support the Confederates and is not willing to assist them in any way. She has known Solomon Morgan since they were both children on farms next to each other.

In The Books[]

Meet Addy: An American Girl[]

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Miss Caroline seeing Addy and Ruth.

Miss Caroline's house is mentioned by Ben Walker as a safe house on the path to escape.

After Addy and Ruth arrive at her house where the tracks cross, they walk up and knock on the door. Miss Caroline answers the door and, when Addy asks if she can help them, initially scowls and tells her to go back and tell the soldiers she won't help them; she is stopped when Addy sticks her foot in the door and lets her know she's not with the soldiers and not a boy, taking her hat off and letting her braids fall down. Miss Caroline immediately softens her expression and invites them in and to the kitchen. She compliments their disguises and explains that she thought they were with the Confederate Rebels, as the boy with them had been sent over to ask for food after arriving the other day. She explains that while she doesn't have much and it's not fancy, they're welcome to it. She then is very busy and seems to be everywhere--staring a fire, heating water for baths, and setting plates--and does not allow Ruth or Addy to help. Ruth explains that Uncle Solomon sent them there to go to Philadelphia, and Miss Caroline explains how she knows him. She serves Addy and Ruth boiled greens and rice, and then offers them new clothes to change into after their bath and to rest for the night; they will need to leave before sunup to the coast to put them on a ship, so that they do not cross paths with the Rebel solders. When Addy tries to offer her half dime in payment, Miss Caroline refuses and says she does not want money or anything done for her, as it's thanks enough to know she is helping them escape enslavement.

Along with the new dress Addy receives, Miss Caroline finds her a pair of drawers and a straw bonnet to wear. She hides Ruth and Addy under old sacks in her wagon before sunrise and takes them to the coast to catch the ship to Philadelphia and freedom in the north.

Addy: An American Girl Story[]

Miss Caroline's role does not change significantly from the books.

In the Seattle production she was played by Marianne Owen who also played Mrs. Ford and Master Stevens' wife, Missus.

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