Unnamed Negro Nursemaid
Character Key Number:
3088
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Nursemaid
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Nursemaid
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The nursemaid who takes care of Mrs. Harriss' son Max in "Knight's Gambit" is "a light-colored Negress a good deal smarter, or at least snappier-looking than any other woman white or black either in Jefferson" (158). The Mansion also refers to this character as "the nurse," but does not otherwise describe her (217).