Versh Gibson
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Versh Gibson
Sort Name:
Gibson, Versh
Parent:
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Gibson
Family (new):
Occupation:
Domestic Service
Specific Job:
Caretaker
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
Versh Gibson is the first-born son of Roskus and Dilsey. In the earliest scenes that Benjy remembers, he works as Benjy's caretaker. Sometime before his father's death he has moved from Yoknapatawpha to Memphis; Dilsey blames her husband for his "bad luck talk" that "got them Memphis notions into Versh" (31).
Financial Status:
laborer (works for wages)
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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