Unnamed Negro Bootblacks in Boston
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Bootblacks in Boston
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Bootblacks in Boston
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Sales and Service
Specific Job:
Bootblacks
First Mentioned:
Biography:
After leaving Parker's, Quentin notes that "two bootblacks caught me, one on either side, shrill and raucous, like blackbirds. I gave the cigar to one of them, and the other one a nickel" (83). Though the text does not make their race explicit, the "blackbird" image suggests that these two individuals are African American.
Individual or Group:
Group
Character changes class in this text:
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