Nigger Minstrel single work   poetry   "I been se em white man, he been come up"
Issue Details: First known date: 1924... 1924 Nigger Minstrel
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Notes

  • The poem refers to the issue of whether two white women actually were being held captive by Aborigines - an issue that was generating widespread debate and speculation at the time.

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Subjects:
  • Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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