Unnamed Negress

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2013-03-02 13:22
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negress
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negress
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Negress
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
Specific Job: 
Servant in Beard Hotel
First Mentioned: 
Beard Hotel in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Origin: 
Yoknapatawpha
Biography: 

"Negress" is not a term the narrator uses for any other female Negro, so it's not clear why he uses it the one time he mentions the black maid at the Beard boarding house.  She is helping Mrs. Beard serve breakfast at the boarding house.  She is also described as  "slatternly" (324).

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

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