The Lynching of Jube Benson (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Blacks, Friendship, Doctors, Rape, Death or dying, Lynching
- Locales: South (U.S.)
“The Lynching of Jube Benson” appeared in one of Dunbar's last collections of short stories, The Heart of Happy Hollow (1904). The story, like many of his others, is set in the post-emancipation South and is written to uphold the humanity of the black race. As such, “The Lynching of Jube Benson” is perhaps his strongest piece of protest fiction.
In the library of a southern gentleman named Gordon Fairfax, Dr. Melville, a relatively young medical doctor, and Handon Gay, a young newspaper reporter, are discussing various issues of the day, one of which is lynching....
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