Keywords
Term ID |
Term | Parent | Description | |
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| 301 | Nostalgia | Slavery |
When black characters, especially ones who had been enslaved, seem nostalgic for the institution of slavery. Simon in Flags in the Dust is probably the most obvious instance of this. SR |
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| 300 | Music | Slavery | ||
| 299 | Evil | Slavery | ||
| 298 | Revolt | Slavery | ||
| 297 | Slaves vs poor whites | Slavery | ||
| 296 | White anxiety | Slavery |
For moments in the text which describe anxiety felt by white characters about the presence or possible actions of slaves, as when Loosh's sudden appearance and behavior make Bayard uncomfortable. SR |
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| 294 | Persistence over time | Slavery | ||
| 293 | Biblical curse | Slavery | ||
| 292 | Civil War | Slavery | ||
| 291 | Etiquette | Slavery | ||
| 290 | Traditions | Slavery |
For instances of the patterns that became a recurring aspect of the social interactions between slaves and masters, as in the description of the young slaves approaching Sutpen's big house on Christmas morning in expectation of a gift. SR |
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| 289 | Slaves vs masters | Slavery | ||
| 288 | Big house vs quarters | Slavery | ||
| 287 | Commodity | Slavery | ||
| 286 | Manumission | Slavery | ||
| 285 | Loyalty | Slavery |
To note passages in which enslaved people are described - or describe themselves - as loyal to the family that owns them, as when Simon describes how happy all the Sartoris slaves were at the birth of their master's son. SR |
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| 284 | Self-emancipation | Slavery |
For textual moments in which an enslaved person or group acts upon the desire to be free, as when Loosh or unnamed groups of slaves take advantage of the proximity of the Union Army to leave the Sartoris, Sutpen and other plantations where they were enslaved. Most examples of self-emancipation occur during the Civil War, but it also applies the way Thucydus earns the money to buy himself from the McCaslins. SR |
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| 283 | Fugitive | Slavery | ||
| 282 | Ownership | Slavery |
For moments in the texts where owning slaves is evoked as a marker of status or wealth, as when Jason Compson connects his family pride to the fact that his ancestors owned slaves. SR |
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| 281 | Metaphorical | Slavery |
Used to flag the passages in which a narrator or a non-enslaved character uses "slavery" metaphorically, to describe something else. Lucas Burch, for instance, complains that his job at the planing mill has him "slaving all day." SR |
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| 280 | Forced migration | Slavery | ||
| 279 | Miscegenation | Slavery | ||
| 278 | Interracial violence | Slavery | ||
| 277 | Violence | Slavery | ||
| 276 | Purchase | Slavery | ||
| 275 | Social value | Slavery | ||
| 274 | Domestic labor | Slavery | ||
| 273 | Labor | Slavery | ||
| 272 | Racialism | Slavery |
Used to note passages where enslaved blacks are described as members of an inferior species. The Indians in "Red Leaves," for example, say that their slaves "are like horses and dogs." SR |
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| 271 | Sex | Slavery | ||
| 250 | War | (First level term) | ||
| 249 | Violence | (First level term) | ||
| 248 | Slavery | (First level term) | ||
| 247 | Religion | (First level term) | ||
| 246 | Region | (First level term) | ||
| 245 | Race | (First level term) | ||
| 244 | Progress | (First level term) | ||
| 243 | Politics | (First level term) | ||
| 242 | Land-Use | (First level term) | ||
| 241 | History | (First level term) | ||
| 240 | Gender | (First level term) | ||
| 239 | Class | (First level term) |