Chesnutt

[ches-nuh t, -nuht] /ˈtʃɛs nət, -nʌt/

noun

Charles Waddell

[wo-del] /wɒˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.

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No man feels more keenly the race distinctions than one like Chesnutt, more Caucasian than African in his make-up.

The Southern South Albert Bushnell Hart
They liv in the ground, and are az prikly all over az a Chesnutt burr, or a case ov the hives.

The Complete Works of Josh Billings Henry W. Shaw
Mr. Chesnutt has admirably summed up the personal characteristics of the oratory of Douglass.

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States Benjamin Brawley

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