Philadelphia

Submitted by dorette.sobolew... on Wed, 2017-06-21 21:42

Text:

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

Character Key:

Display Name:

Philadelphia

Sort Name:

Philadelphia

AKA:

Philadelphy

Race:

Black

Gender:

Female

Class:

Enslaved Black

Rank:

Minor

Vitality:

Alive

Family:

Strother

Family (new):

First Mentioned:

Sartoris Plantation in "My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek" (Location)

Home:

Sartoris Plantation Other Slave Cabin in "My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek" (Location)

Other Texts:

The Unvanquished

Biography:

Philadelphia is a house servant - i.e. one of the slaves who work inside the Sartoris mansion, rather than in the cotton fields. In this story she attends to Melisandre as both a maid and a kind of nursemaid. She is married to Lucius, who is impatient to be free, which is why Granny sarcastically refers to her as "the wives of all the free men" (669).

Individual or Group:

Individual

Character changes class in this text:

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