Go Down, Moses, 287 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2016-08-15 05:42
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Beauchamp Plantation in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
287
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
(And he remembered this, he had seen it:
Page Event Ends: 
289
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Hubert Beauchamp
Sophonsiba Beauchamp
Tennie Beauchamp
Ike McCaslin
Unnamed Biracial Woman at Beauchamp Place
Narrative Status: 
Remembered
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1869 to Saturday, December 31, 1870
Summary: 

Ike "remembers" the time his mother found a Negro woman living with her brother at Warwick. Despite his insistence that "She's my new cook" and his belief that Negroes are "free now" and "folks too just like we are," she demands the woman be sent away (288).

Chronological Order: 
86.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Integration, Racism, Defilement, Emancipation, Outrage
Actions:
Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues:
Clothes›And race | Gender›Southern woman | Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs:
Memory›Remembering
Relationships:
Interracial›Master-servant

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