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The Tar-Baby is the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881; it is about a doll made of tar and turpentine used by the villainous Br'er Fox to entrap Br'er Rabbit. The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes.
Tar-Baby, sticky tar doll, the central figure in black American folktales popularized in written literature by the American author Joel Chandler Harris. Harris’ “Tar-Baby” (1879), one of the animal tales told by the character Uncle Remus, is but one example of numerous African-derived tales.
Aug 3, 2011 · Tar baby is one of those intermediate cases: The basic meaning is the folkloric one, while a derived meaning, known only to a segment of American English speakers (and to many among them, only...
Mar 19, 2022 · Tar baby was a part of an Uncle Remus story that was written by an American author shortly after the civil war. IIRC A character in the story (a fox) is attempting to catch someone (a rabbit) who is stealing his food.
May 11, 2017 · Wikipedia. An archetypal trickster tale, the tar baby story describes how a fox entraps a rabbit by using a tar figure. The rabbit gets stuck to it in five places – front and hind feet...
Aug 1, 2006 · The Oxford American Dictionary defines tar baby much like Romney used it, “a difficult problem, that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it.” But the term also has had racial implications.
“The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story” is only one of the many tales that Uncle Remus tells Miss Sally’s son, but it is perhaps the most loved and most remembered.
