Marley represented the outcome of not putting mankind first
Jacob Marley was created in 1843.
It was Jacob Marley Scrooges former business partner
Jacob Marley, the chains represented the sins of his life
Its Bob Marley (Jacob Marley was Scrooges business partner) The wailers were Bob Marleys backing group
Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He was the very first ghostly visitor to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to tell Scrooge that he would be visited by three other spirits that night. The opening sentences of the book are "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."
There was no real nickname. He refers to him as Jacob while talking with his spirit.
Marley was dead
Marley represents lost hope, the final unused chance for personal redemption, and the wages of overweaning greed. Because he didn't repent of his greed in his lifetime, Marley was damned to spend eternity dragging around chains and money boxes.
Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner's name is Jacob Marley.
This was his dead business partner Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley is dressed in chains because the chains represent the burdens he carried in life due to his greed and selfishness. Marley wears the chains as a symbol of his heavy burden and to show Scrooge the consequences of living a life focused on material wealth.
Jacob Marley died in 1836 at the age of 53 (born 1783)