Unnamed Negro Children

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Sun, 2013-07-07 15:00
Text: 
"Red Leaves"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Children 2
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negro Children
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Negro Children
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Multi Gender Group
Class: 
Enslaved Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Central Cabin|Slave Quarters in "Red Leaves" in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Home: 
Choctaw|Chickasaw Plantation in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1839 to Wednesday, December 31, 1845
Biography: 

The narrative refers to the children of the slaves as "pickaninnies" twice: first when the servant sees them in the quarters, "naked in the dust" (328), and at the end, when he imagines the quarters and "the pickaninnies like ebony toys in the dust" (340).

Individual or Group: 
Group
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