The Boy and the Bayonet

Paul Lawrence Dunbar (1872-1906) was an Afro-American writer an poet, one of the first Afro-American writers to gain regognition. His literary legacy counts ip to four novels, about a dozen of poetry collection books, and a play.

'The Boy And The Bayonet' is one of the major literary works by Paul Lawrence Dunbar and its devoted to the problems of black people in the USA. Paul Dunbar knew the topic straight from the horse's mouth as his parents were slaves.