Unnamed Slaves at Sutpen's

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2020-02-03 15:15
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Unnamed Slaves at Sutpen's
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Unnamed Slaves at Sutpen's
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These are the enslaved people in "Wash" who call Wash "white trash behind his back" (536), and to his face pointedly ask him "Why ain't you at de war, white man?" (537). When they do that, Wash can see their "white eyes and teeth behind which derision lurked" (537). "Most" of Sutpen's slaves leave to follow the Union army toward freedom after "Sherman passes through the plantation" (537).

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