Unnamed Negro Cook
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Cook
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Cook
Race:
Black
Gender:
Female
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Domestic Service
Specific Job:
Cook
First Mentioned:
Biography:
"The cook" at Killegrews won't lend out any of Killegrew's tools (28). While neither the gender nor the race of "the cook" - as the published story refers to her twice (28) - is specified, all but one of the 'cooks' in Yoknapatawpha are women and all of them are black. (And in the typescript version of "Shingles" she is referred to, twice, as the "nigger cook.")
Individual or Group:
Individual
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