Unnamed Negro Mothers

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Sun, 2013-07-07 15:25
Text: 
"Red Leaves"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Mothers
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negro Mothers
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Unnamed Negro Mothers
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Enslaved Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Place Where Slaves Drum in "Red Leaves" in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Home: 
Choctaw|Chickasaw Plantation in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Biography: 

From his hiding place in the stable, the servant imagines the scene of the other slaves drumming and dancing three miles away at the river. Included in the scene are the "women with nursing children," feeding them from "their heavy sluggish breasts"; they are described as "contemplative" and "oblivious of the drumming" (329).

Individual or Group: 
Group
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