Harpes
Text:
Character Key:
Display Name:
Harpes
Sort Name:
Harpe Brothers
AKA:
Micaja Harper
"Big" Harpe
Joshua Harper
Wiley Harpe
"Little" Harpe
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Poor White
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Criminal
First Mentioned:
Origin:
North Carolina
Cause of Death:
Executed
Other Texts:
Biography:
During the late 18th century the two Harpe brothers - "Big" and "Little" - were notorious for their many crimes in the area of the frontier that included northern Mississippi: it is possible that they killed as many as fifty people before they were separately executed in 1799 and 1804. The narrator of "A Name for the City" rejects the idea that the Harpes were the unnamed bandits who were held briefly in the settlement jail.
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Group
Character changes class in this text:
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