The Amanuensis

The Amanuensis

Walt Disney's adaptation of the Uncle Remus stories, "Song of' the South," generated hundreds of millions for Disney's studio and brought prosperity to Joel Chandler Harris, from whom he purchased the rights. The problem is, they weren't his. H.L. Mencken called Harris "an Amanuensis," someone who takes dictation. Harris Look dictation from three enslaved members of the Turner plantation, including Aunt Crissy, Old Harbert, and George Terrell. Harris became one of the most beloved men in the United States, while the three ex-slaves became sharecroppers after Lhe Civil War. ln lshmael Reed's play.

"The Amanuensis," Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox insist they be paid.

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