Ephriam
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Ephriam
Sort Name:
Ephriam
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dead
First Mentioned:
Biography:
Chick recalls Ephriam, Paralee's father, "an old man, a widower," living in her cabin and walking the roads at night: "not going anywhere, just moving, at times five and six miles from town before he would return at dawn to doze and wake all day" in a rocking chair (61). By consulting a white fortune-teller, Ephriam finds out where Maggie Mallison's lost ring can be found (69). And like Tomey's Turl in the short story "Was," he knows that it's "womens and children" who are best at getting uncommon things done (70).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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