Sickymo
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Sickymo
Sort Name:
Sickymo
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
United States Marshal
First Mentioned:
Biography:
Sickymo was a U.S. marshal in Jefferson during Reconstruction, a period in which more than 2,000 African-Americans - many of them, like Sickymo, former slaves - held public office. Because he is illiterate, he "signs his official papers with a crude cross" (277).When still a slave, he stole alcohol, diluted it, and stored it in a sycamore tree in order to sell it - hence his name. His character and tenure in office are referred to as an instance of the evils that befell the defeated (white) South after the loss of the Civil War.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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