Unnamed Negro Woman in Labor
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Unnamed Negro Woman in Labor
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Unnamed Negro Woman in Labor
Race:
Black
Gender:
Female
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
First Mentioned:
Biography:
She and her husband live in a cabin "immediately behind" Hightower's house (73). Her husband leaves her to get help in the middle of her labor; when Hightower arrives in response, he finds her "on her hands and knees on the floor, trying to get back into bed, screaming and wailing" (74). With Hightower's help she delivers the baby, but it is "already dead" - "doubtless injured when she left the bed" (74).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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