Sartoris Plantation Cabin 2 in "Skirmish at Sartoris" (Location)

Display Label: 
Other Slave Cabin
Map Icon: 
Cabin
Authority : 
Context (text, as interpreted)
X: 
1144
Y: 
540
Description: 

Although there must have been a number of slave cabins in the quarters of the Sartoris place, Faulkner only mentions two, both identified with the slaves who worked in the big house rather than in the fields; after the Yankees burn down the mansion, both cabins are eventually occupied by members of the white family. This one is called "the other cabin" (62). In the earlier "Ambuscade" it was where Loosh and Philadelphy lived; now Joby and Louvinia are there, and it is to this cabin - and Louvinia - that Drusilla goes for comfort after Mrs. Habersham condemns "her condition" (64). When the campaign against Drusilla's unconventionality heats up, John and Bayard Sartoris move into this cabin too, sharing it "with Joby and Ringo" (68); the text does not say where Louvinia went.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Negro-occupied Cabin; White-occupied Cabin

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