The Vault at Pfaff's
Ward, Artemus. "Artemus Ward Encounters the Octoroon." New-York Saturday Press. (1860-7-14).
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract
Artemus Ward comes across an old gentleman who tells him about the misfortune of the octoroon, a person who is 1/8 black, he travels with. Ward gives the young girl fifty dollars and learns later that he was swindled.