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Pickaninny is a pidgin word for a small child, possibly derived from the Portuguese pequenino. It has been used as a racial slur for African American children and a pejorative term for Aboriginal children of the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand. It can also refer to a derogatory caricature of a dark-skinned child of African descent.
Postcard titled "Six Little Pickaninnies" (Detroit Publishing, 1902)
Postcard depicting eight black children, titled "Eight Little Pickaninnies Kneeling in a row, Puerto Rico", published in 1902 or 1903.
In Papua New Guinea, pikinini is the word for 'child'. Here local children are seen at Buk bilong Pikinini ('Books for Children') in Port Moresby, an independent not-for-profit organization.
Reproduction of a tin sign from 1922 advertising Picaninny Freeze, a frozen treat
The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, the story was popular for more than half a century.
Cover of 1900 first U.S. edition published by Frederick A. Stokes
A page from the 1959 edition of Little Black Sambo
Little Black Sambo board game (box lid)