Antedating of "Jim Crow"

[Wilson Gray]

<http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/1828>

FWIW: the above site and others claim that the song was written and
introduced to the public in 1828.

-Wilson

On 6/5/06, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Jim Crow (OED 1832)
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> 1831 _Richmond Enquirer_ 3 June 3 (Early American Newspapers)  Mr. HENRY
> BANKS of Virginia has "jump'd Jim Crow" -- gone over to the opposition.
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> [This citation predates the "Jim Crow" song and thus implies that the
> sequence of senses of "Jim Crow" is different from the accepted one
> followed by OED.]
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> Fred Shapiro
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