Silas Jackson by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Story type: LiteratureISilas Jackson was a young man to whom many opportunities had come. Had he been a less fortunate boy, as his little world looked at it, he might hav …
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who were enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began to write stories and verse as a child and published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper. He was also president of his high school’s literary society.
A Council Of State by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Story type: LiteraturePART ILuther Hamilton was a great political power. He was neither representative in Congress, senator nor cabinet minister. When asked why he aspire …
A Mess Of Pottage by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Story type: LiteratureIt was because the Democratic candidate for Governor was such an energetic man that he had been able to stir Little Africa, which was a Republican s …
The Tragedy At Three Forks by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Story type: LiteratureIt was a drizzly, disagreeable April night. The wind was howling in a particularly dismal and malignant way along the valleys and hollows of that pa …
The Trustfulness Of Polly by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Story type: LiteraturePolly Jackson was a model woman. She was practical and hard-working. She knew the value of a dollar, could make one and keep one, sometimes–fate per …
Johnsonham, Junior by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Story type: LiteratureNow any one will agree with me that it is entirely absurd for two men to fall out about their names; but then, circumstances alter cases. It had its …