Unnamed Slaves in Delta

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Submitted by grdenton@memphis.edu on Mon, 2015-06-01 21:38
Text: 
"Delta Autumn"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Slaves in Delta
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Unnamed Slaves in Delta
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Unnamed Slaves in Delta
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Multi Gender Group
Class: 
Enslaved Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
First Mentioned: 
Road to the Delta in "Delta Autumn" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

Before the Civil War the white planters who turned the rich soil of the Delta into endless miles of cotton fields exploited the labor of these "gangs of slaves" to do so (270).

Individual or Group: 
Group
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