Unnamed Negroes in Frenchman's Bend

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2017-10-30 15:11
Text: 
"By the People"
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Unnamed Negroes in Frenchman's Bend
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Unnamed Negroes in Frenchman's Bend
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Unnamed Negroes in Frenchman's Bend
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Courthouse and Square in "By the People" (Location)
Other Texts: 
The Mansion
Biography: 

Although in other Yoknapatawpha fictions the population of Frenchman's Bend is almost entirely white, local Negroes appear in this story in two ways. The "roistering gang" that Clarence Snopes leads frequently "beats Negroes" (89). When Clarence becomes the Bend's constable, he also hits the "first few Negroes who ran afoul of his new official capacity . . . with the blackjack he carried or the butt of the pistol which he now officially wore" (89).

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Group
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