[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Color Line"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Thu May 15 18:46:09 UTC 2025
color line (OED 1874)
1872 Republican (Springfield, Mass.) 20 June 4/3 (Genealogy Bank)
The attempt to preserve and deepen the color line in our political contests is fraught with mischief and misery to both races.
Fred Shapiro
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The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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