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Plantation Diary Faulkner Used as Source Found

Ledger used for slave names in Go Down, Moses

(Newser) - A scholar has found an old plantation diary that appears to be the model for the one found in William Faulkner’s 1942 classic Go Down, Moses, a find that’s stunned the novelist’s devotees. Faulkner appears to have used the writings in the ledger as inspiration for scenes... More »

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