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- Published / Created:
- [not before 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.00.00.120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A visualization of the racist folk song, "Coal Black Rose", one of the earliest songs to be sung by a man in blackface, popularized in July 1829. The lyrics of "Coal Black Rose" tells of a fight between two black men, Sambo and Cuffee, rivals for the same woman
- Description:
- Title from text below image, which are lyrics from the song sung by the depicted figures: Lubly Rose Oh! Coal Black Rose. Tank you Sambo yes I cum. Dont you hear the banjo tum, tum. Oh! Rose the Coal Black Rose. and Date from subject matter, the date when the song was popularized.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Blackface minstrel music, Black people, Banjos, Ethnic stereotypes, and Minstrel shows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lubly Rose oh! Coal black Rose Tank you Sambo yes I cum, Dont you hear the Banjo tum, tum, Oh! Rose the coal black Rose. [graphic]
