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Minstrel Show Blackface Stump Speech (Video) https://independentfilmnewsandmedia.com/2013/11/16/minstrel-show-blackface-stump-speech/ Slim Williams delivers a stump speech in blackface. This was an important part of nearly every minstrel show — a performer delivers a political speech filled with puns and malaprops. The speaker’s demeanor is reminiscent of the pomposity of Zip Coon; he aspires to great dignity, wisdom and intelligence, but his hilarious mangling of language always makes him appear foolish and ignorant.

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