Unnamed Youngest Negro

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2015-05-07 14:57
Text: 
"Delta Autumn"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Youngest Negro in Delta Camp
Display Name: 
Unnamed Youngest Negro
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Youngest Negro
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
First Mentioned: 
Hunting Camp in "Delta Autumn"|Go Down, Moses in "Delta Autumn" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

The "youngest Negro" performs a specific job for the white hunters: he sleeps in the tent with them, "lying on planks" beside the wood stove and tending it throughout the night (273). He may also be "the young Negro" who brings the young woman into the tent to talk with Ike McCaslin (277).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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