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In the years following the Civil War, many changes were made to the structure of society in all the states of the former Confederacy. Most of these changes dealt with race relations. When Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation, it set the slaves free. This made many Southerners nervous and they wanted the black population to understand that even though they were now free, they still held a certain place in society. This is where the system of Jim Crow came into effect.
The term "Jim Crow" was first heard around 1830 from a man named Thomas "Daddy" Rice. He traveled around performing minstrel shows, painted his face black with charcoal and recited, "Weel about and turn about and do jis'so. Eb'ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow." Some historians think this rhyme was based on a slave that Rice owned. On the eve of the Civil War, the term became a stereotypical image of black inferiority. It also became a racial slur that was equal to black, colored, or Negro.......

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