Tom

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-07-15 09:10
Text: 
"A Point of Law"
Character Key: 
Tom 1
Display Name: 
Tom
Sort Name: 
Tom
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Deputy Sheriff
First Mentioned: 
Lucas Beauchamp's Cabin in "A Point of Law" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

The deputy who helps arrest Lucas and George is called "Tom" by the sheriff (218). He is described as "a plump, voluble man" (217). He does most of the talking during the arraignment, and displays some racial pride in the way he explains how easy it was to discover where the black men had hidden the still.

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

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