Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during
Joel Chandler Harris, c. 1905
Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby
Br'er Rabbit is a central figure in African-American folktales. The character is an oral tradition passed down by African-Americans of the Southern United States and African descendants in the Caribbe
Br'er Rabbit and the Tar-Baby, drawing by E. W. Kemble from "The Tar-Baby", by Joel Chandler Harris, 1904
Br'er Rabbit's dream, from Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, 1881
The African savanna hare (Lepus microtis) found in many regions on the African continent: the original Br'er Rabbit.
Eatonton, Georgia's statue of Br'er Rabbit