"Sambo" 1657, antedates OED 1704-

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/11/2008 09:36 AM, Baker, John wrote:
>         What does "wore black or eat green" mean?  The only examples I
>see on Google are from this text.

I assume "wore black" refers to black skin, and guess "eat green"
refers to some staple vegetable of the slave diet on Barbados not
eaten by the English.

Joel

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