A Bundle of Burnt Cork Comedy
Original Cross-Fire Conversations, Gags, Retorts, Minstrel Monologues and Stump Speeches
by Harry L Newton
Chicago. T.S. Denison. 1905. Softcover. Octavo (18cm) Red illustrated wrappers, titled in black. 107pp+ ads. Mild rubbing and soil to covers, Very Good+
White men would darken their faces with burnt cork or shoe polish to create caricatures of black people with large mouths, lips and eyes, woolly hair and coal-black skin. The performances would stereotype black men and women.
