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
Title from item., Date from Philadelphia Museum of Art., Printmaker supplied by curator., Above image: Puck., Published in Puck, 19 November 1879., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death; Hydropathy.
Publisher:
Puck
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Hydrotherapy, Homeopathy, Phlebotomy, Skeletons, Audiences, Tambourines, Banjos, Medicines, Ducks, and Concerts
