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Po' Sandy

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1899

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Charles Chesnutt identified as Black when he might have passed as white. How does the meaning of “Po’ Sandy” depend on the racial identification of the person who wrote it?

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How does the image of Mars Marrabo as a stork change the story?

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Does the possibility of Mars Marrabo having mixed blood affect the meaning of the story?

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