Go Down, Moses, 242 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2016-08-18 09:30
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
McCaslin Commissary in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
242
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
and from which for another hundred years
Page Event Ends: 
242
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Negro Tenant Farmers(2)
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, October 1, 1888 to Saturday, December 31, 1988
Summary: 

The narrative looks forward "another hundred years" to predict that even then the black laborers on the Edmonds place would not be "free" (242).

Chronological Order: 
234.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Future, Race, Economics, Bondage
Cultural Issues:
Slavery›Persistence over time
Aesthetics:
Narrative›Anticipation

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