Unnamed Lynched Negro
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Lynched Negro
Sort Name:
Unnamed Lynched Negro
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dead
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
Murder
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Biography:
What Bayard first sees as a "thing hanging over the middle of the road from a limb" is quickly and chillingly recognized as the body of "an old Negro man, with a rim of white hair and with his bare toes pointing down and his head on one side like he was thinking about something quiet" (177). Grumby has apparently lynched him to serve as a graphic warning to the boys: pinned to his corpse is a badly written note telling them to "Turn back" (177).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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