... guardians of civilisation and the law, give a black "drunkard and wife beater...a good coat of tar and feathers" . Besides there were occasional bits, such as Biograph's A Bucket of Cream Ale (1904), which plays a joke on a Dutchman, who angrily throws a glass on a Negro servant woman, and is hit in revenge, ... ), The Littlest Rebel (1914), His Trust (1911), His Trust Fulfilled (1911), and Old Mammy's Secret Code (1913), and many more. 1.1.4. The Tragic Mulatto The third character in the group of black stereotypes was the tragic mulatto, a figure that was favoured and beloved by many mo...

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