dominique wilikins
The storybook rabbit who got stuck to the tar baby is Br'er Rabbit from the Uncle Remus stories, specifically the tale "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar-Baby" as written by Joel Chandler Harris.
Brer Rabbit.
briar rabbit from 'songs of the south'
Brer (or Brier can't quite remember) Rabbit and the tar baby
The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories. The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. In modern usage according to Random House, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional contact.
Ebony, Jet, Tar Baby, Coal, Blackie, Charcoal.
The Tar baby story comes from the Uncle Remus' tales by Joel Chandler Harris and featuring Br'er Rabbit. There is also a novel of the same title by Toni Morrison.
Yes, they did get stuck in tar pits.
The tar is very sticky. Even large animals could get stuck. In many cases an animal that blundered into the muck would get stuck and as they screamed and thrashed trying to get out, other animals would come hoping to find an easy meal. They in turn would get stuck and be pulled into the tar.
They didn't. They fossilized in the mud. They got stuck in tar, though, and died of starvation.
Tar baby was created in 1881.
The tar pits are natural and not built. Millions of years ago various dinosaurs came along and got stuck in the pit. Today we find their bones and put them on display.