Sheriff Maydew
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Sheriff Maydew
Sort Name:
Maydew
AKA:
Mayfield
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
Sheriff
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Biography:
Maydew is the county sheriff. He sounds insensitive, not to say racist, when on the way to the jail he tells Rider, "You'll have plenty of fresh air when [the Birdsongs] get ahold of you" (150) - meaning, when they lynch him for killing a Birdsong. Yet he lets Rider's aunt come to the jail with them as a possible deterrent to the violence. The deputy sheriff in charge of the investigation of Rider's lynching often mentions Maydew's reliance on the votes required to keep him in office. (In the earlier magazine version of "Pantaloon in Black" the sheriff's name is Mayfield.)
Individual or Group:
Individual
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