Flags in the Dust, 242 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2012-04-23 12:54
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Page Number: 
242
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Stood in the do' of that sto' the day them
Page Event Ends: 
243
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
(Old Man) Will Falls
Colonel John Sartoris
Unnamed Emancipated Black Voters
Unnamed Freedmen's Bureau Agent(2)
Unnamed Freedmen's Bureau Agent(1)
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Monday, January 1, 1872 to Tuesday, December 31, 1872
Summary: 

Will Falls tells the story of the election day when John Sartoris took an armed stand in the doorway of the polling place to prevent the emancipated slaves from voting.

Chronological Order: 
16.10
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Murder Violence_Racial Disenfranchisement Reconstruction Blocked_Door
Actions:
Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues:
History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Disenfranchisement
Themes and Motifs:
Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics:
Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting

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