...attention of a policeman : I went fur lodgins, de ole lady at fust sed to de policer dat she had n'ta spar room in de house, but as soon as she see me she changed her mind. ' 'Are you one ob thim poor hoppre«sed people Mrs. BITCHED STORE has so beautifully wrote on", from that barberous, savage country,...

...ridicule them from the minstrel stage. Looking for London lodgings, "Hannibal" was asked by a landlady, "Are you one ob thim poor hoppressed people Mrs. Butcher Store has so beautifully wrote on, from that barberous savage country, North America?" Hannibal, "wid an eye to...

...letters from Europe of a blackface character, Professor Hannibal, who is asked by his English landlady, "Are you one ob thim poor hoppressed people Mrs. Butcher Store has so beautifully written on, from that barbarous savage country, North America?"1 ' The question encapsulates...