[Ads-l] Antedating of "Cakewalk" (Dance)

[Bill Mullins]

1869 Yonkers Statesman 4 Nov 1/2

The colored people of this village will undertake the responsibilities of a "grand cake walk" at Law's Hall, on Wednesday evening, November 24, to aid the erection of their contemplated church.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/675813770/?match=1&terms=%22cake%20walk%22&search-id=a0180a87-d7a4-42fa-ab30-52394733d767&search-rank=36


------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org