Chrismus On The Plantation
"Chrismus On The Plantation" is a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar set on a gloomy Christmas Eve when a struggling plantation master tells his formerly enslaved workers he can no longer pay them and must sell the land. Before despair can settle, a man named old Ben steps forward and refuses to abandon the man who once held them in bondage — not out of submission, but out of fierce communal loyalty. His impassioned speech transforms grief into collective resolve, and a somber day turns unexpectedly bright.
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