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Jump Jim Crow is a song and dance from 1828 that was done in blackface by white comedian Thomas Dartmouth (T.D.) "Daddy" Rice. The number was supposedly inspired by the song and dance of a crippled African slave called Jim Cuff or Jim Crowvariously claimed to have resided in St. Louis, Cincinnati or Pittsburgh. The song became a huge 19th century hit, and Rice performed all over the country as Daddy Jim Crow.

As a result of Rice's fame, 'Jim Crow' had become a pejorative term for 'African-American' by 1838 and from this, the laws of racial segregation became known as Jim Crow laws.

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