[Ads-l] Antedating of "Afro-Cuban"
Shapiro, Fred
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Afro-Cuban (OED 1893)
1890 New York Tribune 23 May 3 (Genealogy Bank)
A class of forty-four was graduated [from Hampton Institute] ... The dramatic feature of the afternoon was "Hampton's Girdle Round the World," represented by students of eight nationalities or races now numbered among its purpils, in Afro-American, Indian-American, Afro-Cuban, [etc.]
Fred Shapiro
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