Who is M. Lenormand de Mézy?

M. Lenormand de Mézy is a plantation owner on Santo Domingo and a confirmed monarchist who disapproves of the bleeding-heart parliament in France. M. Lenormand de Mézy does not consider the idea that his slaves may revolt and does not understand what they are thinking. He doesn't consider voodoo worthy of his notice and only becomes aware that it is a force to consider when the governor mentions it in relation to the slave rebellion. M. Lenormand de Mézy considers his slaves as property, not as people. Obsessed with sex, he has three wives over the course of the novel and is continually raping his female slaves.