Unnamed Negro Cook

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2015-06-13 14:11
Text: 
Intruder in the Dust
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Cook 10
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Unnamed Negro Cook
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Unnamed Negro Cook
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
Specific Job: 
Cook
First Mentioned: 
Judge Stevens'|Gavin Stevens' Office in Intruder in the Dust (Location)
Biography: 

Gavin Stevens describes seeing "[Sheriff] Hampton's cook" sitting in his kitchen eating greens with Lucas Beauchamp (219). Gavin does not describe the cook at all, but it seems safe to assume that she is a Negro woman; for one reason, all the cooks in the Yoknapatawpha fiction are, and for another, she is eating at the same table as Lucas. Earlier Gavin calls her "a hired town cook," who gets to the Sheriff's house "at a decent hour about eight" (106).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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