Louvinia
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Louvinia
Sort Name:
Louvinia
Race:
Black
Gender:
Female
Class:
Enslaved Black
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Strother
Family (new):
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
In this second Unvanquished story Louvinia stays at home while Rosa and Bayard and Louvinia's husband Joby travel toward Memphis. As they leave Sartoris they see her "standing on the porch with father's old hat on top of her head rag" (20). At the end of the story, when the Yankees arrive at the plantation, Louvinia "holds" Rosa to keep her from confronting the soldiers, even as they burn the Sartoris mansion down (35).
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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