Black And White

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of Uncle Julius
that seems to be met by the telling of his tales. By doing this, Chesnutt
discretely satirizes whites in general.
In the first story, The Goophered Grapevine, Uncle Julius tells of a
conjure woman putting a “goopher” on the grapevines, causing all blacks that eat
the grapes to die within one year. This story is relayed upon the first meeting
of the northern white couple (John and Annie) and the native South Carolinian.
After telling his tale of Henry and the others that suffered from this spell,
Uncle Julius concludes that these northerners should not buy this vineyard,
adding conveniently that he is not afraid to eat the grapes because he know the “
ole vimes fum de noo ones.”
John decides to buy the farm in spite of Uncle Julius's warnings, but he
does offer him employment as a coachman. It seems as if Uncle Julius had been
trying to guarantee his usefulness on the plantation even after its sale. Was
white man tricked into believing Julius' knowledge ...

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use any old lumber
from the schoolhouse. At the conclusion Annie also admits that she has given
Uncle Julius permission to use the old schoolhouse for meetings of the new
Colored Baptist Church. Yet again Uncle Julius has received some sort of
benefit from the telling of his tales. This leads the reader to believe that
he had this ulterior motive in mind the entire time. Chesnutt seems to be
satirizing the unknowing white woman.
In the final selection chosen from the works of Chesnutt, Uncle Julius
tells the story of Dave's Neckliss. Dave, a good Christian slave, is accused of
stealing a ham from the smokehouse and forced to wear a ham chained around his
neck for punishment. ...

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