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Jim Crow

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A negro; - said to be so called from a popular negro song and dance, the refrain of which is "Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow," produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jim Crow'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/jim-crow.html. 1828.
 
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