The Unvanquished, 177 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Tue, 2017-01-03 10:39
Text: 
The Unvanquished
Location: 
Site where Lynched Negro Is Found in The Unvanquished (Location)
Page Number: 
177
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Then one afternoon - the rain had stopped but the clouds
Page Event Ends: 
178
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Ringo
Bayard Sartoris
Unnamed Lynched Negro
Characters Mentioned: 
Matt Bowden
Grumby
Rosa Millard
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, February 14, 1865 to Tuesday, February 21, 1865
Summary: 

Ringo and Bayard encounter the body of a lynched black man, left by Grumby's gang as a warning; pinned to the body is a warning note from Grumby with an additional written message below it by another man who says he has "less scruples re children than he [Grumby] has" (177).

Chronological Order: 
214.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Pursuit, Warning, Note, Writing, Corpse, Lynching, Letter, Threat, Violence:Racial
Environment:
Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Actions:
Movement›Mule | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues:
Slavery›Violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs:
Character›Predatory | Death›Corpse | Texts›Note
Aesthetics:
Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining

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