Sambo (racial term)
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Sambo is a derogatory label for a person of Black-African descent in the Spanish language. Historically, it is a name in American English derived from a Spanish term for a person of three quarters Afr
The painting Negro con Mulata produce Zambo ('a negro man with a mulatto woman makes a zambo'), Cristóbal Lozano, c. 1771–1776
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 book
Sambo (racial term)
…stereotypical name for African Americans can be found as early as the Civil War. The name Sambo became especially associated with the children's book The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, published in 1899. It was the story of a southern Indian boy named "Sambo" who outwitted a group of hungry tigers. Bannerman also…
1st edition cover, 1899
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)