Roth's Son
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Roth's Son
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Unnamed Infant Son of Roth Edmonds
Race:
MixedBlackWhite
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Born
Family:
McCaslin
Family (new):
Date of Birth:
Sunday, January 1, 1939 to Monday, September 30, 1940
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Biography:
The last member of the McCaslin-Edmonds-Beauchamp family in Go Down, Moses appears essentially as a "blanket-swaddled bundle" (340) being carried by his mother; he is the illegitimate child of Roth Edmonds and Edmonds's mistress, the granddaughter of James Beauchamp. Roth and the young mother are distantly related, making the child the multi-racial product of incest; this an echo of Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin's impregnation of Tomey, the slave girl who was also his daughter. Roth's rejection of his son means that the child will be raised by his mother, who is planning to return to the North where she grew up.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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