Alligator tropes
Date
1907-1956, undated
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Images of Black people being chased, attacked, or eaten by alligators, in reference to racist jokes about using Black people–and Black children especially–as alligator bait. The extent to which this was actively practiced is unknown.
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GRA 0148, Gregory C. Wilson collection of postcards and trade cards depicting stereotypes of African Americans, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.