Unnamed Negroes in Jefferson 1

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Unnamed Negroes in Jefferson 1
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Unnamed Negroes in Jefferson 1
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The Negroes who live in the "negro cabins" at the southern edge of town appear in As I Lay Dying mainly as the "faces" that "come suddenly to the doors, white-eyed," as the Bundrens pass by with their malodorous burden (229).

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