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The Southern Negro a Satirical Mississippi Address
A long humorous lecture by J A Richardson written for northern readers defends and lampoons the Southern Negro. It blends lavish praise with caricature about dialect, labor, leisure, and social roles, portraying the negro as adaptable, entertaining, and central to Southern life while satirizing stereotypes and local customs in a period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Richardson
Mississippi Press Association
Greenwood
Johnson
University of Town
Mississippi
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Germany
Mexico
Sheba
Yazoo-Mississippi
Indianola
Henry
Hall
Inidanola
Martin
Possum
Gooch
South