Jim Crow. A negro; — said to be so called from a popular negro song and dance, the refrain of which is “Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow,” produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.