Unnamed Negro Iceman

Character Key Number: 
3177
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negro Iceman
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Negro Iceman
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Although Requiem for a Nun refers to him as "the Negro driver," the man who delivers ice around Jefferson in a wagon is probably more accurately described as an iceman. (Electric refrigerators did not become common household appliances in the U.S. until the 1930s.)