Louvinia

Submitted by thagood@fau.edu on Fri, 2013-12-20 14:54

Text:

"The Unvanquished"

Character Key:

Display Name:

Louvinia

Sort Name:

Louvinia

Race:

Black

Gender:

Female

Class:

Enslaved Black

Rank:

Minor

Vitality:

Alive

Family:

Strother

Family (new):

First Mentioned:

Sartoris Plantation Slave Cabin in "The Unvanquished" (Location)

Home:

Sartoris Plantation Slave Cabin in "The Unvanquished" (Location)

Other Texts:

"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek"

"Skirmish at Sartoris"

Flags in the Dust

The Unvanquished

Biography:

Louvinia and her husband Joby are the head of the family of 'house slaves' who serve the Sartorises loyally before, during and after the Civil War. She is only mentioned in this story, as part of the "us" that Rosa tells Bayard she is working for: "John and you and Ringo and Joby and Louvinia" (95).

Individual or Group:

Individual

Character changes class in this text:

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