Roscius

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2020-02-26 09:47
Character Key Number: 
2859
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Roscius
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Roscius
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In Go Down, Moses Roscius (spelled "Roskus" by Buck McCaslin in the plantation ledger, 252) is one of the slaves that "Carothers McCaslin inherited" and brought with him to Yoknapatawpha from Carolina (249). He is the husband of Phoebe (spelled "Fibby" in the ledger, 252), and was like her manumitted when Old Carothers died in 1837. According to the ledger, despite being free he "Dont want to leave," and he remains on the plantation until his death four years later (252).

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