Charlie hitting him with sugar cane The white man , Beau Bauton , could not comprehend that according to the law , the black , Charlie , had as much right to fight back as any other human in the States . He was a typical representative of the white majority denying the blacks due respect as a fellow human . On the other hand , Sheriff Mapes , another white in the novel , at first doesn 't really care about the blacks ' problems . He considers the present state...











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