Unnamed Enslaved Grandmother of Ned McCaslin
Character Key Number:
273
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Unnamed Enslaved Grandmother of Ned McCaslin
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Unnamed Enslaved Grandmother of Ned McCaslin
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In The Reivers, Ned McCaslin's grandmother is identified only as "a Negro slave" who belonged to Lucius McCaslin (31). According to McCaslin family lore, and Ned himself, she was impregnated by the white man who owned her, Old Carothers McCaslin.