Light in August, 72 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
72
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
So he did his own cooking for a while,
Page Event Ends:
72
Era:
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Sunday, August 1, 1909 to Thursday, September 30, 1909
Summary:
"Some men" in Jefferson whip Hightower's Negro male cook, and then, when Hightower refuses to leave town, whip Hightower too (72). Other townspeople want to persecute the men who did that.
Chronological Order:
95.40
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Ku Klux Klan
Violence_Racial
Sexual Perversion
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