The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus | The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus

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Author: Joel Chandler Harris
First Published: 1955
Type of Work: Short fiction
Type of Plot: Folklore
Time of Work: Nineteenth century
Setting: The American South
Genres: Fable, Short fiction, Folklore
Subjects: African Americans, Tricks, Tricksters, Racism, Blacks, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Interracial relationships, Farms, farmers, or farming, Storytelling, Legends, Folklore, Truthfulness and falsehood, Holidays, Devils or demons, Animals, Christmas, Fables
Locales: South (U.S.)

Uncle Remus, the principal raconteur in the Uncle Remus books. This old black man tells all but eighteen of the antelbellum folktales. In “Songs,” in which he is introduced, he is nearly eighty years old, telling a story to a seven-year-old white boy called Pinx by his mother, Miss Sally. Miss Sally and her husband, Mars John, own the plantation in central Georgia on which Uncle Remus works, living by himself in a cabin only a few yards from the “big house.” The black people on the plantation consider him their leader, and its owners think of him as...

The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus | The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus

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