The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #121919   Message #2667432
Posted By: Richard Bridge
29-Jun-09 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Motley Morris banned !
Subject: RE: Motley Morris banned !
If, as appears likely, both border and molly were using blackface or other obscuration of features before minstrelsy, then the use of blackface is not derived from minstrelsy and the origin of blackface is not tainted by it.