Unnamed Negro Woman in Labor
Character Key Number:
2151
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Woman in Labor
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Woman in Labor
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
She and her husband live in a cabin "immediately behind" Hightower's house in Light in August (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).