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 | | The stories, which began appearing in the Atlanta Constitution in 1879, were popular among both Black and White readers in the North and South, not least because they presented an idealized view of race relations soon after the Civil War. |
 | | In his autobiography, Teddy Roosevelt wrote this about his aunt from Georgia: "She knew all the 'Br'er Rabbit' stories, and I was brought up on them. |
 | | One of my uncles, Robert Roosevelt, was much struck with them, and took them down from her dictation, publishing them in Harper's, where they fell flat. |
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