The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
Simon Legree Supports

Ped SpawkS:-Seein' as how Mistah Stinson
done took pen in hand to castigate the Niggah
republick fob carryin' on with slavery, an bein'
as how Mistah Firestone KUN along totin pow
ahfGl protest of the same karacter, All done riz
from The graveyard t jine nah potest.
'Weuns TUX lot a. sass frum thuh kussed
Abolishunists foah we-uns found aout tibet hirin'
Niggahs by the day of contracting 'em fob share
kroppers Tuz mighty lot cheeper than intestin'
so darn much muney in theer HARNESSES. r.
EFF All hadn't bin so fond Nv appel-jack tibet
he'd SIGH moughty authority, All woodnt ha
chased Liza krost thuh ice. Aid durn site bet
ter lit her go an simply brought sum stock en-
thuh factory whar she got job up Moth. An
ez fob Unkle Tom, All done bin kickin Inahself
tus think tibet so mulch good money war lost
before we-uns got wise enuf tur kwit destroyin'
property an jest linchin' free Nggahs what kosts
us lQthin'
"We-uns heah wuz a-havin' Nv a argunint
with Abe Linkum about tibet Liberia situashun.
All done larned powahful lot frum Abe, whuz
rite smart on internashunal law. An Abe an
All wuz dlskussin' jest how thuh foxes en- WASH
ingtun WuZ goin tub eksplain mattahs.
'Yoh see hits this away: Thuh Huuver adj
ministrashun seq tibet enything made en- the So
Wet territory ez fohced labur produkts An the
givermint hez tub lay daoun an embargo on hit
Abe he ez moughty suspishus tibet England got
thuh LEG Nv Nashuns tub make trubble fob
Unke Sam en- Liberia, SEEM as how Mstah
Stmson kent kwite stretch thuh Munro Doktrine
akross thuh Oshun an tell the Leeg tub keep
hanz off thuh FireStone invessmints en- rubbah
plantashunS thar
$50 Mi5tah Stimson he'd his hanz tied an thuh
bess he kuo do wuz tub prttenr tibet hit war tliuh
fust time he evan heerd u slavery en- Liberia,
an git turribel het up abaout hit an Civ thuh
Big lIiggah ovah-seer thar kalln- daoun, spe-
shully tellin EN- tibet Leeg instruckshurs muss be
kerried hout-but with fun eye shet.
"Ah RACED thuh pint tibet eff thuh Nggahs
MiStah Firestone bin usin' tub plant thuh ylng
trees en- his plantashuns air slaves, then all t1uh
rubbah frum them thar trees aought tew be
barred frum thuh United States jest like the
producks frum tn Bullsheviks.
ABE he sed tibet tibet wuz jest why Mistah
Frestone spoke up at wunce en- suppoht Nv Mis-
tab Stimson, tub exhibit thuh gud intenshuns
about England an thuh ress Nv them Leeg Nv
things skware with Stimson sed All, but what
abaout England an thuh ress us them Leeg us
Nashuns?
ABE he jest chuckeled IN sed SEE he, Simon,
yoah doan no nuthin' abaout slavery. What's
gwine ter happin ez tibet they'll git sum free
Niggahs tub tax sum Holy Water frum the Pope
oaut tub sprinkel on them rubbah trees an then
they kin Civ England thuh wurd tibet Unkle Sam
mought max fuss abaout sumtfin England dun
an enyhow they kin git togethah with Pope's
blessin rob war on thuh DANCED Bullsheviks.
"Ah reckun tibet Ah1l heI tub agree tibet All
doan kno nuthn abaout slavery. Theez new
tangled ovah-seers got ole Simon Legree skinned
alive--Yours truly SIMON LEGREE."
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Simon Legree was, we state that he was the prin-
cipal villain of the book on American slavery
before the Civil War, an over-seer on q slave
plantation.