Unnamed Light-Colored Woman

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Unnamed Light-Colored Woman
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Unnamed Light-Colored Woman
Race: 
MixedBlackWhite
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
Specific Job: 
Wetnurse
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.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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