Unnamed Negro Midwife
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Midwife
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Midwife
AKA:
Dicey
Race:
Black
Gender:
Female
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Professional
Specific Job:
Midwife
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
The midwife who delivers Milly Jones' baby is an "old negress" (151). She lives in a cabin "three miles" from the fishing camp (230). Although she runs away immediately when she overhears Wash killing Sutpen, the authorities find her a week later and it is from her that most of the details of the last scene in Sutpen's life are learned. (In "Wash" she is called "Dicey.")
Individual or Group:
Individual
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