Unnamed Negroes outside Jail

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2020-01-25 08:33
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1879
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Unnamed Negroes outside Jail
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Unnamed Negroes outside Jail
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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Outside the county jail in Sanctuary these Negroes gather in the evenings and sing with the man inside awaiting execution. They wear "natty, shoddy suits and sweat-stained overalls" (114), and have "work-thickened shoulders" (124).

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