Unnamed Freedmen's Bureau Agent(2)
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Freedmen's Bureau Agent(2)
Sort Name:
Unnamed Freedman's Bureau Agent(2)
AKA:
Calvin Burden II
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
Federal Freedmen's Bureau Agent
First Mentioned:
Origin:
North
Cause of Death:
Murder
Biography:
Will Falls calls the two men who work for the U.S. Freedmen's Bureau and try to preserve the newly won rights of emancipated slaves "them two cyarpet-baggers" when he tells the story of how Colonel Sartoris drove them away from the voting place and then shot them in Mrs. Winterbottom's boarding house (23). In Light in August we learn that they are both named Calvin Burden, and are Joanna's grandfather and half-brother.
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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