Keywords
Term ID |
Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Nostalgia |
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 |
| 300 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Music | |
| 299 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Evil | |
| 298 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Revolt | |
| 297 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Slaves vs poor whites | |
| 296 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | White anxiety |
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 |
| 294 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Persistence over time | |
| 293 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Biblical curse | |
| 292 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Civil War | |
| 291 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Etiquette | |
| 290 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Traditions |
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 |
| 289 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Slaves vs masters | |
| 288 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Big house vs quarters | |
| 287 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Commodity | |
| 286 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Manumission | |
| 285 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Loyalty |
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 |
| 284 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Self-emancipation |
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 |
| 283 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Fugitive | |
| 282 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Ownership |
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 |
| 281 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Metaphorical |
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 |
| 280 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Forced migration | |
| 279 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Miscegenation | |
| 278 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Interracial violence | |
| 277 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Violence | |
| 276 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Purchase | |
| 275 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Social value | |
| 274 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Domestic labor | |
| 273 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Labor | |
| 272 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Racialism |
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 |
| 271 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Sex | |
| 250 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | War | |
| 249 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Violence | |
| 248 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Slavery | |
| 247 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Religion | |
| 246 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Region | |
| 245 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Race | |
| 244 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Progress | |
| 243 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Politics | |
| 242 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Land-Use | |
| 241 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | History | |
| 240 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Gender | |
| 239 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Class |