An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 88
... nights once't or twice't , tel one night Mars Dugal ' - he ' uz a monst'us keerless man— got his leg shot full er cowpeas . But somehow er nudder dey couldn ' nebber ketch none er de niggers . I dunner how it happen , but it happen des ...
... nights once't or twice't , tel one night Mars Dugal ' - he ' uz a monst'us keerless man— got his leg shot full er cowpeas . But somehow er nudder dey couldn ' nebber ketch none er de niggers . I dunner how it happen , but it happen des ...
Page 95
... Night -1895 OUT in the sky the great dark clouds are massing ; I look far out into the pregnant night , Where I can hear a solemn booming gun And catch the gleaming of a random light , That tells me that the ship I seek is passing ...
... Night -1895 OUT in the sky the great dark clouds are massing ; I look far out into the pregnant night , Where I can hear a solemn booming gun And catch the gleaming of a random light , That tells me that the ship I seek is passing ...
Page 123
... night , When Stackalee and Billy Lyons had one awful fight ; Stackalee got his gun ; boy , he got it fast ! He shot poor Billy through and through ; Bullet broke a lookin ' glass . Lord , O Lord , O Lord ! Stackalee shot Billy once ...
... night , When Stackalee and Billy Lyons had one awful fight ; Stackalee got his gun ; boy , he got it fast ! He shot poor Billy through and through ; Bullet broke a lookin ' glass . Lord , O Lord , O Lord ! Stackalee shot Billy once ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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