Unnamed Father of Hamp and Mollie
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1297
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Unnamed Father of Hamp and Mollie
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Unnamed Father of Hamp and Mollie
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In "Go Down, Moses" and again in the chapter with that title in Go Down, Moses, Miss Worsham says that "Mollie's and Hamp's parents belonged to my grandfather" (260, 357), which means that they were originally enslaved.