Unnamed Children of Negro Cotton Farmer

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3537
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Unnamed Children of Negro Cotton Farmer
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Unnamed Children of Negro Cotton Farmer
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Yes
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The cotton farmer with whom Mink briefly stays in The Mansion has five children between the ages of "five or six and twelve" (438). All five work with their parents picking cotton. Only one is individuated by the narrative: the "oldest girl" (440), who is the "twelve-year-old" and who helps her mother prepare supper (441).