Unnamed Negro Sawmill Workers 1

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1290
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Unnamed Negro Sawmill Workers 1
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Unnamed Negro Sawmill Workers 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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In "Pantaloon in Black" and again in Go Down, Moses, Rider is the head of "a mill gang" at the sawmill (239, 129). These other Negroes attend Mannie's funeral, and several of them try to help him in his grief. Some of them are also among the workers who shoot dice after hours at the mill.