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“The Colored Grenadier”

Added by Unknown 1684 on Jan 31st, 2021

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1879

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"Portrayals of Negro soldier as dandies perpetuated the early 'Zip Coon' image that ridiculed ludicrous free Negroes and effete white fops." (Blacking Up)

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“The Colored Grenadier” 1
Source: book scan from Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America by Robert C. Toll. Oxford University Press, 1974, p122 simpler image from Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Colored_Grenadier.jpg
“The Colored Grenadier” 2
Source: book scan from Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America by Robert C. Toll. Oxford University Press, 1974, p122 simpler image from Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Colored_Grenadier.jpg