Comic Flight of Pomp Phillis and Other Humors
A humorous, embedded colonial era piece recalls Pomp Phillis a black New Jersey resident trying to fly with leather apron wings that fail he crashes breaking his thigh and curses the apron. The excerpt also sketches stagecoach banter on abolitionism Yankee culture and other quick-fire vignettes with humorous insults and quips.
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