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On the Plantation

Joel Chandler Harris

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On the Plantation | Joel Chandler Harris

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you fer ter keep yo’ two eyes on ‘im, an’ when he say come, you come, an’ when he say go, you go.’ I’low, ‘’hey, big nigger man! what de matter?’ an’ he ‘spon’ back, ‘I done tole you, an’ I ain’t gwine tell you no mo’. So dar you got it, Marse Joe, an’ dat de way it stan’s.”

And so it happened that, humble as these negroes were, they had it in their power to smooth many a rough place in Joe Maxwell’s life. The negro women looked after him with almost motherly care, and pursued him with kindness, while the men were always ready to contribute to his pleasure.








CHAPTER III—TRACKING A RUNAWAY

One Sunday morning, not long after Joe’s adventure with Mink, Harbert came to him with a serious face.

“Marse Joe,” he said, “dey er gwine ter ketch Mink dis time.”

“How do you know?”

“Kaze, soon dis mornin’ whiles I wuz a-feed-in’ de hogs, I seed one er dem Gaither boys cornin’ down de road under whip an’ spur, an’ I ax ‘im wharbouts he gwine, an’ he say he gwine atter Bill Locke an’ his nigger dogs. He ‘low dat he know whar Mink bin las’ Friday night, an’ dey gwine ter put de dogs on his track an’ ketch ‘im. Dey’ll be’long back dis a way terreckly.”

The lad had witnessed many a fox-chase and had hunted rabbi

Helen 10/04/2018
This is a charming collection of stories of talking animals especially Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox that get into various scrapes, similar to Aesop's Fables, told by old Uncle Remus to a little boy long ago - in the "mythical" South. The illustrations are great! This is the book for anyone who's ever wo
Maria 08/18/2014
I was curious to read this, particularly in light of Alice Walker's assertion that these stories made her ashamed to be black. I get it, but the stories, songs & sayings are interesting from the perspective of a certain time & place & viewpoint; I think the author meant well.
Thomas 03/05/2012
If you can get past the politically incorrect language, there is a lot of wisdom in these simple stories.

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