County Jail in "Go Down, Moses" (Location)

Submitted by sek4q@virginia.edu on Fri, 2015-01-30 18:54
Text: 
"Go Down, Moses"
Location Key: 
County Jail
Display Label: 
County Jail
Map Icon: 
Public building
Authority : 
Faulkner map
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
"A Name for the City"
"An Error in Chemistry"
"Monk"
"Pantaloon in Black"
"That Evening Sun"
"The Hound"
Flags in the Dust
Go Down, Moses
Intruder in the Dust
Light in August
Requiem for a Nun
Sanctuary
The Hamlet
The Mansion
The Town
X: 
1334
Y: 
786
Description: 

Located close to the Courthouse Square in Jefferson, the two-story jail shows up in many of Faulkner's works. In "Go Down, Moses," Samuel Worsham Beauchamp spends a year "in and out" of this jail (258) and then eventually escapes from it.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Jail

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