Tom-Tom
Text:
Character Key:
Display Name:
Tom-Tom
Sort Name:
Tom-Tom
AKA:
Tom Tom Bird
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Major
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Production
Specific Job:
Fireman
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Saturday, January 1, 1870 to Saturday, December 31, 1870
Other Texts:
Biography:
A "big bull of a man weighing two hundred pounds" (152), Tom-Tom works as the day fireman for Jefferson's power plant in "Centaur in Brass." A black man of sixty, he has a "new young wife . . . whom he kept with the strictness of a Turk in a cabin two miles from town" (152). His cuckolding by night fireman Turl occasions the "centaur" part of the title of the story.
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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