See this poem [song?] that is an old time example of a folks exchanging "rip" [insults] that {given the 2nd verse} is probably immediately after the Civil War:

"THEY STEAL" GOSSIP
You know:
Some folks say da a N----r won't steal,
But Mosser cotch six in the watermellon fiel';
A-cuttin' and a-pluggin' an' a-tearin' up
de vines,
A-eatin' all de watermillions, an' a stackin' up
de rinds.

Uh-huh! Yes, I learned dat:
Ole Mosser stole a middlin' of meat,
Ole Missus stole a ham;
Dey sent 'em bofe to de Wuk-house,
An' dey had to leave de land.


Source: Thomas W. Talley's "Negro Folk Rhymes" {Kennikat Press, 1968, p. 110; originally published in 1922 by The Macmillan Company}