Pomp
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Pomp
Sort Name:
Pomp
AKA:
Pawmp
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Enslaved Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dies
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
War
Biography:
Pomp (presumably short for 'Pompey') is Cinthy's husband and the first Gail Hightower's slave. Though called "boy," he is older than his master, and completely bald (471). He follows his master to war and refuses to believe that he could have been killed in the cavalry raid in Jefferson. Pomp himself is reportedly killed after attacking "a Yankee officer with a shovel" in an attempt to see or perhaps rescue "Marse Gail" (476-77).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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