Unnamed Whites in Jefferson
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Unnamed Whites in Jefferson
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Unnamed Whites in Jefferson
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White
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Multi Gender Group
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
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The "white people" who live by the railroad tracks in Jefferson's "purlieus" don't live in "cabins," a word they associate with the Negroes in a nearby neighborhood - a distinction, the narrative says, they will "fight" to maintain (252-53). Their sense of insecurity suggests that their own social and economic status is not much above that of the blacks who are almost their neighbors.
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