Alec

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Wed, 2016-06-22 18:42
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Alec
Display Name: 
Alec
Sort Name: 
Alec
AKA: 
Rider's Aunt's Husband
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Sawmill Where Rider Works in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Pantaloon in Black"
Biography: 

Alec is described as "an old man as tall as [Rider] was, but lean, almost frail" (138). He tries to get Rider to come back to his childhood home the day after Mannie's funeral. The narrative calls him Rider's "aunt's husband" (138); Rider calls him "Unc Alec" (143).

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

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