Unnamed Negress
Character Key Number:
1570
Display Name:
Unnamed Negress
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negress
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
"Negress" is not a term the narrator of Flags in the Dust uses for any other female Negro, so it's not clear why he uses it the one time he mentions the black maid at the Beard boarding house. She is helping Mrs. Beard serve breakfast at the boarding house. She is also described as "slatternly" (324).