Unnamed Negroes in Crowd

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-08-26 09:07
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negroes in Crowd
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negroes in Crowd
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Unnamed Negroes in Crowd
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Multi Gender Group
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Railroad Station in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Go Down, Moses"
Biography: 

The crowd that watches as the coffin carrying Samuel Beauchamp is taken off the train contains a "number of people, Negroes and whites both" (363). This icon represents the "probably half a hundred Negroes, men and women too," who are there (363).

Individual or Group: 
Group
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