Unnamed Enslaved Males

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2020-01-13 15:26
Character Key Number: 
1427
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Unnamed Enslaved Males
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Unnamed Enslaved Males
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "Wash" these enslaved black men laugh at Wash for remaining in Yoknapatawpha during the Civil War. They would make fun of him with the question "Why ain't you at de war, white man?" (537). "Most" of Sutpen's slaves leave to follow the Union army toward freedom after "Sherman passes through the plantation" (537).