Unnamed Negro House Servant

Submitted by sek4q@virginia.edu on Thu, 2012-06-14 11:59
Text: 
"Barn Burning"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro House Servant 1
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negro House Servant
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Unnamed Negro House Servant
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
First Mentioned: 
De Spain Mansion in "Barn Burning" (Location)
Home: 
De Spain Mansion in "Barn Burning" (Location)
Real?: 
No
Other Texts: 
The Hamlet
Biography: 

Major de Spain's house servant in "Barn Burning" is "an old man with neat grizzled hair, in a linen jacket" (11). He tries to prevent Ab Snopes from entering the de Spain mansion, and then - unsuccessfully - orders Ab to "Wipe yo foots, white man, fo you come in here. Major ain't home nohow" (11). At the end of the story, when Sarty bursts into the mansion to warn Major de Spain, this house servant is the first person that he encounters.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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