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Poe-lee
Cudjo’s youngest son, named after his father. An energetic young man who chafes against the prejudice he experiences from the black and white communities surrounding Africatown, young Cudjo is prone to fighting and eventually killed in some sort of altercation with the sheriff’s deputy. His father sees the boy’s death at the hands of law enforcement as a sign of America’s pervasive racial prejudice, which prevents him from attaining security and prosperity for his family despite his hard work.
Cudjo Jr. Quotes in Barracoon
The Barracoon quotes below are all either spoken by Cudjo Jr. or refer to Cudjo Jr.. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9 Quotes
It only nine year since my girl die. Look like I still hear de bell toll for her, when it toll again for my [Cudjo]. My po’ Affican boy dat doan never see Afficky soil.
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Directly after telling of young Seely’s fate, Cudjo relates that his youngest son, also named Cudjo, was killed in an altercation with a sheriff’s deputy. Cudjo has prefaced this by saying that his boys frequently got in brawls, but explains that they did so because people from other towns were so racist and hostile to them. Mourning for his “po’ Affican boy,” Cudjo implicitly meditates on the twin injustices young Cudjo suffered during his life, and which led to his death. Because of slavery, young Cudjo is prevented from living a fulfilling life on “Afficky soil,” where he would be Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligen
Chapter 11 Quotes
Poe-lee very mad. He say de deputy kill his baby brother. Den de train kill David. He want to do something. But I ain’ hold no malice. De Bible say not. Poe-lee say in Afficky soil it ain’ lak in de Americky. He ain’ been in de Afficky, you unnerstand me, but he hear what we tellee him and he think dat better dan where he at.
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After David’s sudden death in a railroad accident, Poe-lee finds it hard to grapple with the many misfortunes that have befallen his family. While Cudjo usually takes a resigned attitude toward matters like this, Poe-lee becomes more enraged with everything that happens, from young Cudjo’s death to his father’s incapacitation by the railroad. Moments like this show that living in a racist society isn’t just a matter of material hardship; for Poe-lee, the constant hostility his family experiences causes a kind of existential crisis and eventually leads to his abandonment of the family. It’s also interesting that Poe-lee is both Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferen
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Cudjo Jr. Character Timeline in Barracoon
The timeline below shows where the character Cudjo Jr. appears in Barracoon. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 9
...America so he goes by Cudjo Lewis. Cudjo’s children are named Aleck, Jimmy, Poe-lee, David, Cudjo Jr. , and Seely Jr.
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Nine years later, a deputy sheriff kills Cudjo Jr. Cudjo is suspicious that this man isn’t even a law enforcement officer, because he doesn’t...
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The man who killed young Cudjo jr. is now the pastor of a church in Plateau. Cudjo tries to forgive him, but...
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