Joel Chandler Harris,
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings…
(1886)
“ His Sayings XI. The Emigrants When Uncle Remus went down to the passenger depot one morning recently, the first sight that caught his eye was an old negro man, a woman, and two children sitting in the shade near the door of the baggage-room. One of the children was very young, and the quartet was altogether ragged and forlorn-looking. The sympathies of Uncle Remus were immediately aroused. ”
