Unnamed Negro in Virginia
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Unnamed Negro in Virginia
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Unnamed Negro in Virginia
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
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Biography:
Quentin sees this man in Virginia, from the window of the train carrying him back to Yoknapatawpha from Harvard for the holidays. He is sitting patiently on a mule without a saddle, "waiting for the train to move" (86). When Quentin calls out "Christmas gift!" to him, he replies, "Sho comin, boss. You done caught me, aint you" (87). To Quentin, he seems "like a sign put there saying You are home again" in the South (87).
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Individual
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