Unnamed Negro Undertaker
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Undertaker
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Undertaker
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Sales and Service
Specific Job:
Undertaker
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
The Jefferson undertaker who buries the black citizens of Yoknapatawpha is himself a Negro. It was typical practice throughout the Jim Crow South at the time of the story to segregate funeral parlors as well as cemeteries. The "Negro undertaker" himself does not appear in the story (363).
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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