[Ads-l] Antedating of "Negro French"

Shapiro, Fred 00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Tue Sep 1 12:09:23 UTC 2026


Negro French (OED 1819)

1793 Baltimore Evening Post 28 Sept. 1 (GenealogyBank)

RAN away a Negro man ... He was born at New York, speaks English pretty well, and negro French also.

Fred Shapiro

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