Unnamed Light-Colored Woman

Character Key Number: 
2984
Display Name: 
Unnamed Light-Colored Woman
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Unnamed Light-Colored Woman
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

While hunting for the first time in Go Down, Moses Ash is talking about this "new light-colored woman who nursed next door to Major de Spain's" when he is surprised by a yearling bear in the path (309). It's clear that this young "nurse" - that is, wet nurse - has caught his eye, but nothing else about her is known. Our decision to identify her as biracial is based on the way 'light-colored' or '-complexioned' is used elsewhere in the fictions.