Go Down, Moses, 253 (Event)
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Page Number:
253
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
(and it would seem to the boy that he could
Page Event Ends:
253
Era:
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
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Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Monday, October 1, 1883 to Monday, December 31, 1883
Summary:
This is a complicated parenthetical moment in which the narrator describes Ike reading the ledgers in 1883 and imagining the last four years of Thucydus' life over forty years earlier, as he worked to earn the money to buy his freedom even though he, Thucydus, could not read the ledger pages on which Ike's father kept track of the black man's debits and credits. The verb "would seem" suggests Ike read the ledgers more than once, which is confirmed on the next page.
Chronological Order:
162.00
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Keywords:
Freedom, Slavery, Accounting, Literacy, Writing, Reading, Parentheses
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