Flags in the Dust, 22 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2012-03-24 09:17
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Location: 
Mrs. Winterbottom's Boarding House in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Page Number: 
22
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
That 'us when hit changed. When he had to start
Page Event Ends: 
23
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
(Old Man) Will Falls
Colonel John Sartoris
Unnamed Freedmen's Bureau Agent(2)
Unnamed Freedmen's Bureau Agent(1)
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Monday, January 1, 1872 to Tuesday, December 31, 1872
Summary: 

Will Falls reminds Bayard about the men Colonel Sartoris killed after the end of the Civil War, beginning with two carpetbaggers who came to Jefferson during Reconstruction and "stirred up" the newly emancipated blacks (23).

Chronological Order: 
16.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Reconstruction Violence:Shooting Freedmen
Actions:
Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues:
History›Carpetbaggers | Politics›And race
Themes and Motifs:
Objects›Gun
Aesthetics:
Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular

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