Antedating of "White Trash"

[Fred Shapiro]

white trash (OED 1831)

1822 _Bangor Register_ 1 Aug. 1/4 (19th Century U.S. Newspapers)
_Georgetown, D C May 4.  A very novel and whimsical trial_ came on in our
Circuit Court on Thursday last, Nancy Swann, a lady of color whose mighty
powers of witchcraft have made "_de black nigers, and de poor white
trash_" tremble, was indicted for practising in and upon one Peter Belt.

Fred Shapiro


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