Major de Spain

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Display Name: 
Major de Spain
Sort Name: 
De Spain, Major
AKA: 
Cassius de Spain
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Major
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
Specific Job: 
Landowner
Real?: 
No
Biography: 

Major de Spain is the Yoknapatawpha land-owner who contracts with Abner Snopes to work on his property as a tenant farmer. The De Spains are another of Yoknapatawpha's aristocratic families, and at least one "Major de Spain" appears or is mentioned in over a dozen works. Figuring out the de Spain lineage, however, is almost impossible. This Major de Spain is probably the man who actually was a Confederate Major during the Civil War. Sarty assumes that the "linen-clad man" (12) who lives in his fine mansion must be belong to a world of "peace and dignity" (10), but learns how violent De Spain can be in defense of his property.

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Individual
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