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Louisiana On Marshall Plantation: Poem Analysis

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The setting of the story was set in Louisiana on Marshall Plantation. The plantation owner, Cajun was informed that a farmer by the name of Beau Boutan was murdered of front of another man’s home. Everyone immediately suspects Mathus killed Boutan, because Boutan lifeless body still was in Mathus yard. Cajun tried to say she killed Boutan to protect Mathus but no one believed her, especially Miss Merle. Cajun thinking quickly, ordered for seventeen older men to gather around Mathus yard. The men was told to bring shotguns with empty shotgun shells, to defend the crime scene. Known for his lynching Sheriff Fix arrived at the crime along with Sheriff Mapes. Sheriff Mapes sees Boutan dead, knowing its Sheriff Fix’s son, he quickly ordered for

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