Mannie
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Mannie
Sort Name:
Mannie
Race:
Black
Gender:
Female
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dead-ghost
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
Mannie's sudden death (of unspecified causes) is the traumatic occasion for "Pantaloon in Black." She is described as having a "narrow back" and "narrow" hand (133). But despite her size, her husband Rider testifies to the strength of her character: "You’s de onliest least thing whut ever kep up wid me one day, leff alone for weeks" (133). She is present in the story in memories, traces of footprints in the road, the "clean overalls which Mannie herself had washed only a week ago" that Rider wears to her funeral (129), and a brief, ghostly presence that Rider sees upon returning home after Mannie’s burial.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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