AQS251297 Sheet Music Cover for \'The Original Jim Crow\', written by Thomas Dartmouth \'Daddy\' Rice (lithograph) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: Rice was a struggling actor in New York who overheard a black man singing this song; in 1828 Rice appeared on stage as \'Jim Crow\' an exaggerated, highly stereotypical Black character; gave his name to the Jim Crow laws instituted after Reconstruction in 1877 that limited the rights of black citizens in America;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.