Beasley Kemp
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Beasley Kemp
Sort Name:
Kemp, Beasley
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Farming
Specific Job:
Farmer
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
Beasley Kemp gave Herman Short eight dollars for a horse that had earlier belonged to Pat Stamper. Ab then traded farm implements, some of them not his, to acquire the horse from Beasley. The introduction of cash into the swap, according to Ratliff, violates the principles of Yoknapatawpha horse-trading: "for a stranger to come in and start that cash money to changing and jumping from one fellow to another, it's like when a burglar breaks into your house and flings your things ever which way even if he dont take nothing. It makes you twice as mad" (39).
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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