Unnamed Negro Tenant Farmers

Submitted by chad.jewett@uco... on Fri, 2015-03-06 15:48
Text: 
"Go Down, Moses"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Tenant Farmers 3
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Unnamed Negro Tenant Farmers
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Unnamed Negro Tenant Farmers
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Multi Gender Group
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
Specific Job: 
Farming
First Mentioned: 
Judge Stevens'|Gavin Stevens' Office in "Go Down, Moses" (Location)
Home: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in "Go Down, Moses" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

According to Gavin Stevens, "the only white person" on the McCaslin-Edmonds place is Roth Edmonds himself (260). Although he doesn't say so explicitly, the rest of the community there is made up of the black tenant farmers, sharecroppers, who farm small parcels of the land he owns. Stevens is sure "they wouldn't" tell Mollie about her grandson's fate, even if they ever "hear about it" (260).

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Group
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