Itinerant Minister and Slave Trader

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Fri, 2013-06-07 18:37
Text: 
"Red Leaves"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Itinerant Minister and Slave Trader
Display Name: 
Itinerant Minister and Slave Trader
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Itinerant Minister and Slave Trader
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Slave Trader
First Mentioned: 
Doom's Plantation House in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Biography: 

This white man is described as an "itinerant minister and slave trader" (318). While passing through the Indians' plantation "on a mule" that also carries "a cotton umbrella and a three-gallon demijohn of whisky," he marries Doom and his West Indian wife (318). Whether he also offers the Indians religion or whisky or more slaves is left unclear.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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