Go Down, Moses, 351 (Event)
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351
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The face was black, smooth, impenetrable; the eyes had seen
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352
Era:
The Depression (1930-1940)
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Narrated
Date:
Monday, July 15, 1940
Summary:
A census taker enters the cell of a prisoner awaiting execution. The narrator observes the prisoner's "impenetrable" face and "deliberately . . . not Southern" voice (351). Along with age, occupation, and and place of birth, he reveals to the census taker that his real name is Samuel Worsham Beauchamp, and was raised by his grandmother, "Mollie" Beauchamp, on "Carothers Edmonds' farm" (352) .
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Race, Appearance, Accent, Region, Prison, Justice, Origin, Birth, Identity, Ambiguity, Murder, Crime, Law, Adoption, Child-rearing, Grandmother-Grandson, Plantation, Burial, Death, Interracial Conversation, Fatalism
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