Unnamed Negro Wife of Cotton Farmer

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3536
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Unnamed Negro Wife of Cotton Farmer
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Unnamed Negro Wife of Cotton Farmer
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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The wife of the cotton farmer in The Mansion works with him and the whole family picking cotton, and then, with her daughter, she prepares supper according to the etiquette of Jim Crow - that is, first she serves the meal for Mink Snopes to eat alone, and then "the meal for the family" (440).