Unnamed Fourteen-Year-Old Slave

Submitted by garrettm@u.nort... on Wed, 2013-07-10 11:18
Text: 
"Red Leaves"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Fourteen-Year-Old Slave
Display Name: 
Unnamed Fourteen-Year-Old Slave
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Fourteen-Year-Old Slave
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Enslaved Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Specific Job: 
Plantation Slave
First Mentioned: 
Place Where Slaves Drum in "Red Leaves" in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Home: 
Choctaw|Chickasaw Plantation in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Friday, January 1, 1830 to Thursday, December 31, 1835
Real?: 
Yes
Biography: 

This "lad of fourteen" is "undersized," "mute," and apparently a curiosity to the Indians (328). He is tasked with guarding the slaves' drums, which are hidden in the swamp outside of the plantation.

Disability: 
speech impaired
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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