Unnamed Negro "Least Boy"

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3355
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Unnamed Negro "Least Boy"
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Unnamed Negro "Least Boy"
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Yes
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In The Town the Jefferson hotel porter named Samson works with someone whom Ratliff refers to as "Samson's least boy," whose one action in the novel is carrying a newspaper for the white bondsman when he leaves the hotel (103). It's not clear what "least boy" means - perhaps he is a bellboy at the hotel or possibly he is Samson's youngest son.

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