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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 9470345, member: 16283&quot;]Classic Jim Crow era representation of a little &#039;tar baby&#039;(their slang-not mine !) hugging a watermelon-you&#039;d see similar images in adverts,trade cards,common in the US.This was during a time when the lynchings of blacks were fairly commonplace-so this kind of caricature was considered cute &amp; humorous.</p><p>One of the most classic bits of marketing back then was for a tobacco brand named &#039;Ni**er Hair Tobacco&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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