Roscius

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Thu, 2016-06-23 17:42
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Roscius
Display Name: 
Roscius
Sort Name: 
Roscius
AKA: 
Roskus
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Enslaved Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dies
First Mentioned: 
McCaslin Commissary in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Home: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Origin: 
Carolina
Biography: 

Roscius (spelled "Roskus" by Buck McCaslin in the plantation ledger, 252) is one of the slaves that "Carothers McCaslin inherited" and brought with him to Yoknapatawpha from Carolina (249). He is the husband of Phoebe (spelled "Fibby" in the ledger, 252), and was like her manumitted when Old Carothers died in 1837. According to the ledger, despite being free he "Dont want to leave," and he remains on the plantation until his death four years later (252).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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