Unnamed Husband of Minnie

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2014-03-17 14:10
Text: 
Sanctuary
Character Key: 
Ludus 2|Unnamed Husbands of Minnie
Display Name: 
Unnamed Husband of Minnie
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Husband of Minnie
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Restaurant Cook
First Mentioned: 
Memphis: Miss Reba's in Sanctuary (Location)
Other Texts: 
The Mansion
The Reivers
Biography: 

In this novel the man Minnie was married to is described a "cook in a restaurant" who "didn't approve of Minnie's business" as a maid in a brothel, so he took everything he could from her and "went off with a waitress in the restaurant" (209-10). Minnie sounds glad to be rid of him. In The Mansion her husband is named Ludus - and he is quite different from this cook. In The Reivers we're told Minnie was married twice, which may solve the inconsistency if this cook is her first and Ludus her second husband. But none of the texts makes that clear.

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

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