The Unvanquished, 202 (Event)
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Page Number:
202
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
everybody was talking about the election and how Father
Page Event Ends:
202
Era:
Civil War (1861-1865)
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Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Sunday, June 11, 1865 to Tuesday, August 15, 1865
Summary:
As election day approaches and "everybody was talking" about it and John Sartoris' warning to the Burdens that no election would be held "with Cash Benbow or any other nigger in it," the ladies of Jefferson would "arrive right after breakfast and stay all day" in their bid to pressure Drusilla to conform to societal expectations (202).
Chronological Order:
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Keywords:
Reconstruction,Voting Rights, Election, Gender, Propriety, Relations:Race
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