Sanctuary, 297 (Event)

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Sat, 2014-05-24 15:30
Text: 
Sanctuary
Location: 
Horace's New Town|Kinston in Sanctuary (Location)
Page Number: 
297
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
The trains at Kinston were met by an old man
Page Event Ends: 
298
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Horace Benbow
Unnamed Taxi Driver(2)
Characters Mentioned: 
Belle Mitchell Benbow
Lee Goodwin
Unnamed Drummers in Kinston
Unnamed Garment Workers
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, June 24, 1929
Notes: 

SR changed TT's date from June 24 to 23, later on the day Lee is lynched after midnight...
TMT: Lee is lynched after midnight on June 22; the trial ends June 21. Changed dates back. See also Arnold and Trouard.
BR: Horace is picked up at Kinston train station by a taxi driver. Horace is dropped off near his house and enters through the back entrance. His wife, Belle, is already there reading a magazine in bed. Horace asks Belle where Little Belle is, and she tells him that she is at a house party. Horace goes to the hall to phone Little Belle and has a brief exchange with her, which she cuts short.

Summary: 

Horace is driven home from the Kinston train station by a former plantation owner turned cabby who tells him that he drove Belle home earlier that day. They briefly discuss Goodwin's lynching.

Chronological Order: 
223.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Woman-as-Sacred Homecoming Lynching
Environment:
Public›Street
Actions:
Movement›Taxi
Cultural Issues:
Class›Social mobility | Gender›Chivalry | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs:
Home›Homecoming
Aesthetics:
Typography/Orthography›Dots

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