Buck and Buddy's "Granfather"

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2016-08-21 11:09
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Carothers McCaslin's Father
Display Name: 
Buck and Buddy's "Granfather"
Sort Name: 
McCaslin, Grandfather of Buck and Buddy
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
Family: 
McCaslin
Family (new): 
McCaslinsInGDM
Occupation: 
Management
Specific Job: 
Planter
First Mentioned: 
McCaslin Commissary in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Origin: 
Carolina
Biography: 

The ledger entry for "Roskus" and "Fibby," written by Ike's father Buck McCaslin, mentions that Roskus was "rased by Granfather in Callina," and that Fibby was "bought by granfather in Callina" (252). This Carolina ancestor, the father of "Old Carothers" McCaslin and so the great-grandfather of Ike, is not mentioned any where else in the novel.

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

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