Unnamed Negro Brother-in-Law

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2014-09-04 11:07
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Brother-in-Law
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Unnamed Negro Brother-in-Law
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Unnamed Negro Brother-in-Law
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
Specific Job: 
Farming
First Mentioned: 
Negro Cabin in Flags in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Biography: 

The black man in whose barn Bayard spends Christmas eve tells him that his "brudder-in-law" borrowed his mules, and so Bayard will have to wait for a ride to the next town (365). When the mules "miraculously" appear later on Christmas day, the narrator refers to the "yet uncorporeal brother-in-law" (366) - seeming to imply that the black man invented him.

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Created by a Character in Text
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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