Dan

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Wed, 2016-06-22 15:02
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Dan
Display Name: 
Dan
Sort Name: 
Dan
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
Specific Job: 
Stableman
First Mentioned: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Gold Is Not Always"
Biography: 

Dan is the head stableman on the McCaslin-Edmonds' place, and is one of the two Negroes who help Roth search for "Alice Ben Bolt," the valuable mule who has gone missing. Dan immediately recognizes the mule's footprint and (as Roth "would realize" later) also recognizes the footprints of the man who led Alice away (81). The fact that Dan doesn't tell Roth who that man is puts Dan and his white boss on opposite sides of the color line.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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