Who is Eugene Daurat from Cane River and what is their importance? Cane_River English & Literature Eugene Daurat | Cane River

Eugene Daurat is the white man who is cousin of the Durbannes who own Rosedew, and who forces himself on Suzette and fathers two children by her. He notes that he'd always intended to do something for his children but that he'd never quite gotten around to freeing them. His attitudes toward blacks is interesting. He lives with a freed black woman for a period of time and gives her property. It seems he would have married her if the law had allowed that.