The Unvanquished, 198 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Tue, 2017-01-03 23:04
Text: 
The Unvanquished
Location: 
Sartoris Plantation in The Unvanquished (Location)
Page Number: 
198
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
Then one day Ringo slipped off and went to town
Page Event Ends: 
200
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Ringo
Bayard Sartoris
Characters Mentioned: 
Benbow Family
Cassius Q. Benbow
Burden(1)
Burden(2)
Colonel John Sartoris
Unnamed Reconstruction Treasurer
Unnamed Union Soldiers(4)
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, May 2, 1865 to Wednesday, June 21, 1865
Summary: 

After going to town, Ringo tells Bayard about the coming election and the new "war" that is being fought between Southern white men and the "Yankees" who have "abolished" "niggers" and are seeking to elect a former slave as Marshal.

Chronological Order: 
239.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Reconstruction, Politics, Emancipation, Voting Rights, Carpetbaggers, Abolition, Relations:Race, Election, Marshal, Law Enforcement, Bribery, Vote Buying, Location:Missouri, Location:Washington
Cultural Issues:
History›Carpetbaggers | Race›White supremacists | Slavery›Abolition | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Reconstruction
Relationships:
Civic›Voting
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Geographical›Missouri | Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C.

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