Unnamed Enslaved Musicians

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1545
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Unnamed Enslaved Musicians
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Unnamed Enslaved Musicians
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

As part of its account of the history of the parlor in the Sartoris mansion, Flags in the Dust mentions "three negroes with stringed instruments on the stairway" inside the house who provided the music at the many antebellum dinners and occasional balls that Colonel John held in the room (55).