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How did him crow laws get there name

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Durring the 1830s, an actor by the name of Thomas Dartmouth Rice was pushed up to stardom for performing Minstrel Routines.The shows for Minstrel routines usually consisted of dancing, comic skits and acts that mocked African American people. He played as the made up character Jim Crow, the CHaracter was African American who was supposed to be uneducated and clumsy. This character was just for comedy. The show grew and grew in popularity and “Jim Crow” became a widely used derogatory term for African Americans.When the laws surfaced. People quickly adapted the name Jim Crow to the cruel laws for the slaves or African Americans.

Thats how the crow laws get their name

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In the early 1830s, the white actor Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice was propelled to stardom for performing "Minstrel Routines" as the fictional “Jim Crow,” a character of African American race as someone who was clumsy, dimwitted black slave. This character was pure comic relief. As the show grew in popularity, “Jim Crow” became a widely used derogatory term for blacks. Once the laws came around. Whites quickly adapted the name Jim Crow to the unfair laws for the African Americans. Remembering the character Jim Crow.
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