Mason's Ruffians

Submitted by mdennis@ku.edu on Thu, 2018-10-04 15:33
Text: 
"A Name for the City"
Character Key: 
Mason's Ruffians
Display Name: 
Mason's Ruffians
Sort Name: 
Mason's Ruffians
AKA: 
Samuel Mason
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Criminal
First Mentioned: 
Virginia in "A Name for the City" (Location)
Home: 
Virginia in "A Name for the City" (Location)
Origin: 
Virginia
Other Texts: 
Requiem for a Nun
Biography: 

Led by Samuel Ross Mason, a militia captain during the Revolutionary War, "Mason's ruffians" were a gang of river pirates and highwaymen who operated in the Mississippi Valley frontier in the late 18th century. The narrator of "A Name for the City" rejects the idea that the unnamed bandits who were briefly held in the settlement jail were part of this gang.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Group
Character changes class in this text: 

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