Missy Lena
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Display Name:
Missy Lena
Sort Name:
Missy Lena
Race:
Black
Gender:
Female
Class:
Enslaved Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
First Mentioned:
Biography:
A black enslaved person on the Hawk plantation. When Bayard, Ringo, and Rosa Millard stay at Hawkhurst while trying to regain the stolen silver, Ringo sleeps in her cabin. As was often the case, in Faulkner as in southern history, her name apparently has classical roots - Missy Lena is probably a corruption of "Messalina," the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius and kin to Nero, Caligula, and Augustus who is mentioned in The Town and The Mansion.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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