Unnamed Negro Strangers
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2544
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Unnamed Negro Strangers
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Unnamed Negro Strangers
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In The Hamlet these "strange negroes" are defined by their absence. According to the narrator, Negroes who are not already known in Frenchman's Bend stay out of the area, where the white population is known to be violent and hostile to them (5).