Henry Beauchamp

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Tue, 2016-06-21 18:32
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Henry Beauchamp
Display Name: 
Henry Beauchamp
Sort Name: 
Beauchamp, Henry
Parent: 
Lucas Beauchamp
Molly Beauchamp
Race: 
MixedBlackWhite
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Family: 
McCaslin
Family (new): 
McCaslinsInGDM
First Mentioned: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Home: 
Lucas Beauchamp's Cabin in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Saturday, January 1, 1898 to Thursday, March 31, 1898
Biography: 

Henry Beauchamp is the oldest child of Lucas and Molly Beauchamp. He is raised alongside Roth Edmonds as the white child's "black foster-brother" (106), just as his father was raised alongside Roth’s father, Zack. When Roth, however, insists on drawing the color line between them, the seven-year-old Henry accepts the new terms of their relationship, but tells Roth, "peacefully," that "I aint shamed of nobody . . . Not even me" (110).

Note: 
Molly is nursing the Beauchamps' "own first child" (45) when Roth Edmonds is born in March 1898, so I have estimated Henry's birth as in the early part of the year--TMT
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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