Unnamed Negro Children 2
Character Key Number:
610
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Children 2
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Children 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
"Red Leaves" refers to the children of the slaves as "pickaninnies" twice: first when the servant sees them in the quarters, "naked in the dust" (328), and at the end, when he imagines the quarters and "the pickaninnies like ebony toys in the dust" (340).