Roth Edmonds
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Roth Edmonds
Sort Name:
Edmonds, Roth
Parent:
AKA:
Carothers Edmonds
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Major
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
McCaslin
Family (new):
Occupation:
Management
Specific Job:
Landlord
First Mentioned:
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Biography:
Roth Edmonds is the vitriolic and exasperated landlord of the Negro sharecroppers on his family's plantation. He has known his tenants, especially Lucas, for years, and he expects them to conform to his ideas about what to do and how to do it. These ideas stem directly from his racial views: "I wish somebody would come into this country with a seed that had to be worked every day, from New Year's right on through Christmas. As soon as you niggers are laid by, trouble starts" (231). 'Laid by' means 'having planted the cotton' - and 'trouble' means whatever goes contrary to Roth's desires.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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