Uncle Ash

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Sat, 2015-01-31 23:59
Text: 
"The Old People"
Character Key: 
Uncle Ash
Display Name: 
Uncle Ash
Sort Name: 
Ash, Uncle
AKA: 
Old Man Bush
Old Man Ash
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
Specific Job: 
Cook
First Mentioned: 
Fishing Camp|Hunting Camp in "The Old People" (Location)
Other Texts: 
"A Bear Hunt"
"The Bear"
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

Uncle Ash, along with Jimbo, cooks for the hunters each November at Major de Spain's hunting camp. In other hunting stories Ash is identified as an employee of De Spain and probably the oldest servant who serve in the camp, but in this story he is simply seen several times riding in the wagon with "the guns and the bedding and the meat and the heads, the antlers" (206).

Financial Status: 
laborer (works for wages)
poor (controls limited wealth)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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