'When the moon comes up behind the hill', 1900. 'Sung with Immense Success by Geo. H. Primrose, of Primrose & Dockstader's Minstrels; A Southern Fancy; by Paul Dresser'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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