Paul Laurence Dunbar 
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

The title story of this 1899 collection by the well-known poet follows a slave woman name Cassie and her baby boy Gideon, named after the Biblical warrior that his mother heard about in church. Other stories include “Mammy Peggy’s Pride, ” “Viney’s Free Papers, ” “An Old-Time Christmas, ” and “The Faith Cure Man.”

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