Unnamed Negro Servant
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Servant
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Servant
AKA:
Mrs. Hamp Worsham
Race:
Black
Gender:
Female
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Domestic Service
Specific Job:
Cook
First Mentioned:
Biography:
This "Negro servant" "does the cooking" while her husband helps Eunice Habersham raise and sell chickens and vegetables (74). She and her husband live "in a cabin in the back yard" of the Habersham house (74). (This character is similar to and Faulkner may have thought of her as identical with Mrs. Hamp Worsham in his earlier work, Go Down, Moses.)
Individual or Group:
Individual
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