Unnamed Dirt Farmers
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Unnamed Dirt Farmers
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Unnamed Dirt Farmers
Race:
White
Gender:
Multi Gender Group
Class:
Poor White
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
First Mentioned:
Biography:
In a passage added to the "Retreat" chapter of The Unvanquished, Bayard describes these poor whites as "the people whom the niggers called 'white trash'" - though he refers to them several times as "white trash" too (48-49). Their low status is defined in part by the fact that they "owned no slaves" (49). They farm "little patches of poor hill land" near the McCaslin place and in some cases "live worse than the slaves on the big plantation" (49). According to Bayard, they "look on Uncle Buck and Buddy like Deity Himself" (49). Some of them join Colonel John's first regiment and are responsible for his demotion.
Note:
These poor whites are avid supporters of the McCaslin brothers. Some of them join Colonel John's first regiment and are responsible for his demotion.
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Group
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