Unnamed Mother of Molly Worsham Beauchamp

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Unnamed Mother of Molly Worsham Beauchamp
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Unnamed Mother of Molly Worsham Beauchamp
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In Go Down, Moses, Miss Worsham tells Gavin Stevens that the "parents" of Mollie Beauchamp "belonged to my grandfather," which means of course that they were enslaved (357). In Intruder in the Dust - where Mollie is named Molly again, Miss Worsham is named Miss Habersham, and Molly's father is not mentioned - the reference to Molly's mother adds the detail that both Molly and Miss Habersham "suckled at Molly's mother's breast" (85).