Go Down, Moses, 10 (Event)

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Sun, 2016-07-17 18:22
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Road from McCaslin Plantation to Beauchamp Plantation in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
10
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
So when they came out on the long flat about three
Page Event Ends: 
10
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Cass Edmonds
Buck McCaslin
Tomey's Turl
Characters Mentioned: 
Hubert Beauchamp
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 1859 to Saturday, December 31, 1859
Notes: 

CUT KEYWORDS: woods, field, ditch, mare, runaway slave; runaway, chase, mule, Black John, horse, hawk, sparrow, field, white man, ford

Summary: 

About "three miles" from the Beauchamp plantation, Buck and Cass see Tomey's Turl "about a mile ahead" (10). They attempt to encircle him, but after "the best race" Cass had ever seen, he gets away (10).

Chronological Order: 
47.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
runaway slave, mule, horse, chase, race:stereotypical, race:unstereotypical
Actions:
Hunting›Slave hunting | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Race
Cultural Issues:
Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships:
Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew

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