Unnamed Negro House Servant

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Thu, 2016-07-21 16:37
Text: 
The Hamlet
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro House Servant 1
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negro House Servant
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Negro House Servant
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
Specific Job: 
House Servant
First Mentioned: 
De Spain Mansion in The Hamlet (Location)
Home: 
De Spain Mansion in The Hamlet (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Barn Burning"
Biography: 

This Negro servant tries - unsuccessfully - to keep Ab Snopes from walking in to De Spain's mansion with manure on his feet; he seems to be the source of Ratliff's account of this event, which is told by a third-person narrator in "Barn Burning."

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

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