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It illustrated that African Americans could not cope with freedom and therefore did not belong in the North. Slaves were portrayed as happy and contented, whereas free blacks were caricatured either as strutting dandies or as helpless ignoramuses. Drawing its patrons from workers, Irish immigrants, and the poorer elements in society, minstrelsy assured these white champions of democracy that they remained superior.

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Minstrel shows were shows popular in America in the 1800s. They were popular due to racism at the time and anger at the freedom of slaves, as they played on racial stereotypes for humor.

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