Hard Scrabble, or, Miss Philises bobalition Rutter, William bookseller text Broadsides mau Boston W. Rutter? 1824? monographic eng print 1 broadside ; 24 x 20 cm. Poem about an anti-Negro riot at Hard Scrabble or Hardscrabble, a suburb of Providence, R.I., in 1824. In form, a parody of the nursery rhyme, "O! dear, what can the matter be". The two characters, Pomp[ey] and Phillis, are mentioned on p. 15-16 of Hard-Scrabble calendar (Providence, 1824), which refers to the "shuffling" dances performed in that neighborhood as "the zig zag movements of Pomp and Phillis, when engaged in treading the 'minuet de la court'" (Joseph L. Tillinghast, for the defense in the ensuing trial) Printed in two columns divided by line of advertising with type ornaments at each end: Sold wholesale and retail at No. 152, Ann-Street--Boston. The printer may have been William Rutter. Printed area measures: 18.9 x 16.7 cm. Not in Shoemaker. n-us-ri Phillis Poetry Pompey Poetry African Americans Poetry Political satire, American Rhode Islan Riots Rhode Island Providence Parodies Hardscrabble (Providence, R.I.) Poetry Providence (R.I.) History Riot, 1824 Poetry Rhode Island Race relations Poetry United States Massachusetts Boston Committee on Slavery and Justice 17 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/slaveryandjustice RPB 910710 b19503830 116109332115189No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.