Uncle Remus begins to relate a story of a man with a beautiful daughter. The little boy immediately asks if the man is white or black. It is a natural query from this character -- his life shows him that white men and black men are very different.
Uncle Remus' story, though, does not take place in the realm of the boy's life; he responds, "I'm des tellin' you de tale, en you kin take en take de man en w'itewash 'im, or you kin black 'im up des ez you please. Dat's de way I looks at it."
"What is the story, Uncle Remus?" the little boy asked.
"Well, honey," said the old man, wiping his spectacles, "hit sorter run dis away: One time dey wuz a man w'at had a mighty likely daughter."
"Was he a white man or a black man?" the little boy asked.
Joel Chandler Harris, born December 9th, 1848 and died July 3rd, 1908, was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years, Harris spent most of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at The Atlanta Constitution.
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