Unnamed Father of Samuel Worsham Beauchamp

Submitted by sek4q@virginia.edu on Wed, 2015-02-25 21:27
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"Go Down, Moses"
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Unnamed Father of Samuel Worsham Beauchamp
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Unnamed Father of Samuel Worsham Beauchamp
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Unnamed Father of Samuel Worsham Beauchamp
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Family: 
McCaslin
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McCaslinsInGOD
First Mentioned: 
Judge Stevens'|Gavin Stevens' Office in "Go Down, Moses" (Location)
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Go Down, Moses
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Samuel Beauchamp's father "deserted him" when he was born and is "now in the state penitentiary for manslaughter" (258). Gavin Stevens recalls him as "not only violent but bad," and implicitly attributes his son's criminality to what he inherited from this man's "seed" - though Mollie Beauchamps blames Roth Edmonds for her grandson's behavior (258).

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Individual
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