jump = copulate with?

[Wilson Gray]

On 11/18/05, Mullins, Bill <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> Poster: "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
> Subject: Re: jump = copulate with?
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> > Purportedly, American slave couples solemnized their weddings
> > by jumping over a broom. I first heard of this practice from
> > my mother (b.1914, Longview, TX). FWIW, I've always
> > considered this to be bullshit, despite the fact that I've
> > come across it hundreds of times in readings by, for, or
> > about black Americana.
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> But it was in _Roots_, it must be true . . .
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You got me there, Bill. ;-)
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-Wilson Gray