The Hamlet, 5 (Event)

Submitted by johnmcorrigan@g... on Tue, 2016-08-23 23:28
Text: 
The Hamlet
Location: 
Places around Frenchman's Bend in The Hamlet (Location)
Page Number: 
5
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Their descendants still planted cotton in the bottom
Page Event Ends: 
8
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
V. K. Ratliff
Trumbull
Unnamed County Officers
Unnamed Federal Officers
Unnamed Negro Strangers
Unnamed People of Frenchman's Bend
Unnamed People of Yoknapatawpha
Jody Varner
Maggie Varner
Will Varner
Characters Mentioned: 
Judge Benbow
Unnamed Jefferson Tailor
Unnamed Negro Field Hand
Varner, Children of Will and Maggie
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, April 23, 1895
Notes: 

Added Trumbull to characters mentioned; no, he's present.
Changed Frenchman's Family to Early Settlers
Added Jefferson Tailor to characters mentioned
Checked 12/10/2016 JB

Summary: 

Among all the Old Frenchman's descendants that have settled the Bend, the Varners are the chief family.

Chronological Order: 
144.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Relations: family; Themes: violence, order
Cultural Issues:
Crime›Moonshining | Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Politics›Democracy | Race›Segregation

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