Unnamed Negro Pullman Porters
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3359
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Unnamed Negro Pullman Porters
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Unnamed Negro Pullman Porters
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Although they are unseen in The Town, Charles knows there are "pullman porters" on the train that arrives in Jefferson in Chapter 24 (377). Shortly after the Civil War a white man named George Pullman designed the original sleeper cars for passenger trains, and hired blacks, in many cases former slaves, to serve as the attendants in those cars.