Unnamed Slaves of Families of the University Grays

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Unnamed Slaves of Families of the University Grays
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Unnamed Slaves of Families of the University Grays
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When in Absalom! the "fathers and mothers and sisters and kin and sweethearts" of the students who are forming themselves into the University Grays travel to Oxford, they bring "food and bedding and servants" (97). 'Servants' is unquestionably a euphemism for 'slaves.'