Unnamed Negro Girl Boon Shoots

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2015-11-20 13:43
Text: 
The Reivers
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Woman Boon Shoots
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negro Girl Boon Shoots
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Negro Girl Boon Shoots
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Hardware Store|McCaslin Hardware Store in The Reivers (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Sunday, January 1, 1888 to Sunday, December 31, 1899
Other Texts: 
"Lion"
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

This "Negro girl" is shot by Boon on Courthouse Square when he is trying to shoot Ludus (14). Her wound seems serious - not only is she "screaming" but also "bleeding like a stuck pig" - but the Sheriff decides Boon's white friends can resolve the situation by giving her father five dollars and her "a new dress . . . and a bag of candy" (14-15). When he mentions the new dress, Lucius as narrator notes that "there wasn't anything under" the dress she was wearing when she was shot (15). (In the two other texts that mention this event, she is referred to as a "woman" rather than a "girl.")

Disability: 
wounded
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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