Who wrote the story Tar Baby?

Tar Baby is a short story written by American author and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris. The story was first published in 1881 in Harris's collection of folk tales, Nights with Uncle Remus. The story is about a mischievous rabbit named Brer Rabbit who tricks a lazy bear named Brer Bear by convincing him to stick his arm into a tar baby, resulting in Brer Bear getting stuck. The story is an allegorical tale about the importance of wit and cunning.