With the introduction of the blackface minstrel show, the stereotypes about African-Americans were brought to the theatrical stage (Engle, 1978)
Early American racial prejudices significantly influenced how African-Americans were perceived throughout that period. Though they may not have the same impact now, the Sambo, Jim Crow, the Savage, Mammy, Aunt Jemimah, Sapphire, and Jezebelle images still exist.
With the introduction of the blackface minstrel show, the stereotypes about African-Americans were brought to the theatrical stage (Engle, 1978). White performers began taking the stage to entertain society in the early 19th century, darkening their features with burnt cork, painting horrifyingly exaggerated white mouths over their own, and donning woolly black wigs. Jim Crow was the figure they fashioned.
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