Unnamed Negro
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro
AKA:
Ringo
Marengo
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Enslaved Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Family (new):
First Mentioned:
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Biography:
The Negro whom Ratliff refers to simply as "a nigger" (32) is given both a name and a major role to play in The Unvanquished stories. His name is Ringo, or Marengo. Born a slave, he grows up as the personal servant and close companion of Bayard Sartoris, and in the scene that Ratliff describes elliptically - "something else happened" - actually uses a whip to beat a white man, Ab Snopes (see "Vendee").
Individual or Group:
Individual
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