A Dark Brown Dog

‘A Dark Brown Dog’ is an Edwardian short story penned by American short-story writer Stephen Crane. Crane was a prolific novelist, poet, and short-story writer. This short story titled ‘A Dark Brown Dog’ is an allegorical story about America’s African-American population who were grappling with their new freedom after the American Civil War ended. The use of allegory brings out the severity of the Jim Crow laws that still subjugated the Black American population. Like the little dark-brown dog i