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Subtitle: Jim Crow.

Title: Colored American - September 15, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer responds to an inquiry asking whether Thomas Rice, creator of the minstrel character "Jim Crow," was of mixed race.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: minstrel; mixed blood; mulatto; race; Thomas Rice

People: Rice, Thomas

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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