Go Down, Moses, 11 (Event)

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Wed, 2016-07-27 08:26
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Beauchamp Plantation in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
11
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
They went into the house, crossing the back gallery,
Page Event Ends: 
13
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Hubert Beauchamp
Sophonsiba Beauchamp
Cass Edmonds
Buck McCaslin
Unnamed Negro Girl
Characters Mentioned: 
Buddy McCaslin
Old Carothers' Daughter
Tomey's Turl
Unnamed Enslaved Boy
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 1859 to Saturday, December 31, 1859
Notes: 

CUT KEYWORDS: Sunday dress, runaway slave, roan tooth, perfume, bumblebee, queen, buck bee, buck hornet; diningroom, roving bachelor, misery, freedom

Summary: 

Buck and Cass have dinner with the Beauchamps, while Miss Sophonsiba pursues her goal of marrying Buck.

Chronological Order: 
51.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Pursuit:Fugitive_Slave, Pursuit:Matrimonial, Manners, Eating:Dinner, Childhood, Lady
Environment:
Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions:
Bodily›Eating | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues:
Clothes›Jewelry | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Bumble-bee | Body›Teeth | Objects›Fan | Past›Old days
Relationships:
Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship

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