Unnamed Runaway Slaves
Text:
Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Runaway Slaves
Sort Name:
Unnamed Runaway Slaves
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Enslaved Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
First Mentioned:
Biography:
Among the various kinds of people confined in the original jail are "runaway slaves who were captured in the settlement" (202). Runaway slaves in the period before the Civil War are very rare in the Yoknapatawpha fictions. The story does not say where these slaves escaped from. Instead, it notes that the "single wooden bar" across the door of the jail effectively keeps them from escaping again (202).
Note:
CUT: were easily detained by "a single wooden bar in slots across the outside of the door like on a corn crib" (202).
Individual or Group:
Group
Character changes class in this text:
digyok:node/character/18579