Unnamed Enslaved Body Servant(2)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2017-11-25 13:39
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Character Key: 
Unnamed Enslaved Body Servant 2
Display Name: 
Unnamed Enslaved Body Servant(2)
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Unnamed Enslaved Body Servant(2)
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Enslaved Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
New Orleans, Louisiana in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Biography: 

Shreve and Quentin speculate that as an incentive to get Bon to attend the University of Mississippi, the novel's unnamed lawyer offers to "buy him an extra special body servant" to take along (250); later they depict this "new extra nigger" unpacking Bon's "fine clothes" in his stateroom on the riverboat taking him to college (252).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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