Word: remus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...even less importance. To require 20 or more hours work from a man broadly interested in American history in preparing a thesis upon "veritable instances of negro dialect in slavery times" is an imposition; and when the desired references are to books of such historical value as "Uncle Remus" it becomes almost ludicrous. To require from a serious student of the broad facts of our history an account of the best anti-slavery poem he can find is to force him to spend a large amount of time and effort in looking up a subject of so slight historical importance...