Unnamed White People outside Jail

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1922
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Unnamed White People outside Jail
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Unnamed White People outside Jail
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

After describing the convincted "negro murderer" who sings spirituals from inside the jail and the "few negroes" who "gather along the fence" to sing with him (114), Sanctuary goes on to note the "white people" who "slow and stop" to listen (115).