Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation
Created by
Joel Chandler Harris
Portrayed by
James Baskett (Song of the South)
Voiced by
Dallas McKennon (record releases)
In-universe information
Gender
Male
Nationality
American
Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post–Reconstruction era Atlanta, and he produced seven Uncle Remus books. He did so by introducing tales that he had heard and framing them in the plantation context. He wrote his stories in a dialect which was his interpretation of the Deep South African-American language of the time. For these framing and stylistic choices, Harris's collection has garnered controversy since its publication.[1] Many of these stories are believed to have Creek Indian influence too.[citation needed]
^Montenyohl, Eric (1986). "The Origins of Uncle Remus". Folklore Forum. 18 (2): 136–167. hdl:2022/1941.
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