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Who is Jones from The Darker Face of the Earth: A Play and what is their importance?

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Jones is the drunken, slovenly overseer of the Lafarge plantation. He is somewhat bumbling, but nevertheless rules with an iron fist. He defers to Amalia, though he tries to warn her about Augustus, and presents her with strange signs around the slave cabins - such as the slaves no longer caring for their own gardens. He is presumably killed in the slave revolt.