1 10 1 https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/2ce4dce6bea344038395e419dc9f0fec.jpg d5f2c38427cf1fb00dba7b2dcf95b1ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1914-1932 Description An account of the resource Includes all documents collected by students in Digital Memory & the Archive (Fall 2015). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource W.H. Brannock, '16 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1915-1916 Description An account of the resource In this six-page short story, the author W.H. Brannock offers a story situated in 1870 about a black man named Methuselah Jones. Throughout this story, the author refers to Methuselah Jones as a "typical country darkey" and "the blackest 'nigger' in Dogtown Hollow." This character of Methuselah Jones is constantly objectified within the story. At times he is even referred to as an object. The racist tone throughout the story reiterates racial stereotypes by portraying Methuselah Jones as uneducated, superstitious, and religious. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virginia Baptist Historical Society Richmond, VA Title A name given to the resource Methuselah Jones [Short Story] The Messenger, Volume XLII Page 308 (1 of 6) Type The nature or genre of the resource short stories Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Olivia Parisi Subject The topic of the resource Racism Dialect writing Racism in language Black people