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Ethiopian Comedian

1860s

Broadside

Frank Dumont #3054, Box. 5

A series of pictures of minstrel actor W. W. Newcomb, expressing comedy by poking fun at black people’s challenges living in America. He mocked the way they talked, walked, dressed, danced, and used facial expressions.

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