Antedating of "African-American"

[Fred Shapiro]

African-American (OED 1855)

1854 _Frederick Douglass Paper_ 13 Jan. (Accessible Archives)  An Irish
fight, and the wickedness of an Irish woman's daughter, can never be used
as an argument against the fitness of the African American to enjoy
freedom.

Fred Shapiro


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