There are many interesting characters in Ann Rinaldi’s novel Time Enough for Drums. One of these many interesting characters is Lucy, the Emerson’s slave who is eventually freed. Lucy’s character can be described as faithful, wise, and strict. These traits help to make her one of the most interesting characters in the book Time Enough for Drums.

One trait that can well describe Lucy is faithful. She can be described as faithful because after being freed, she still stayed with the Emerson’s to help out in the midst of the Revolutionary War. A quote that can support this trait is, “She’ll be stayin’” (Rinaldi 144-145). This helps to show that Lucy is faithful because she stayed with them even after being freed and able to leave. This obviously