Unnamed Tenant Farmers 1
Character Key Number:
2083
Display Name:
Unnamed Tenant Farmers 1
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Unnamed Tenant Farmers 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In "Smoke," Old Anse is known to be "a ruthless man" in part because of the "tales told about him by both white and negro tenants" (3). These "tenants" are share-croppers who farm parcels of land on the Mardis-Holland property for a portion of the money when the crop is sold.