Assertion: minstrel show | /r/HasProperty | popular
Facets:
value: extremely
type: DEGREE
value: before slavery
type: TEMPORAL
value: by other kansas communities
type: OTHER
value: with emporia audiences
type: OTHER
value: by extension
type: OTHER
value: with audiences of all linguistic backgrounds
type: OTHER
value: for whites in the 1840s
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Minstrel shows were popular before slavery was abolished, sufficiently so that Frederick Douglass described blackface performers as "...the filthy scum of white society, who have stolen from us a complexion denied them by nature, in which to make money, and pander to the corrupt taste of their white fellow citizens.
text: Minstrel shows were a popular form of entertainment for whites in the 1840s.
text: “The minstrel shows were extremely popular, but they were also quite controversial.
text: Minstrel shows were popular before slavery was abolished, sufficiently so that Frederick Douglass described blackface performers as “…the filthy scum of white society, who have stolen from us a complexion denied them by nature, in which to make money, and pander to the corrupt taste of their white fellow citizens.
text: The minstrel shows were extremely popular, but they were also quite controversial.
text: And there are indications that minstrel shows were popular with audiences of all linguistic backgrounds.
text: Minstrel shows were popular with Emporia audiences (and, by extension, other Kansas communities) well into the 20th century.
text: The earliest minstrel shows appeared in the early 1840s and were very popular until they were eclipsed by vaudeville in the 1890s.
text: The minstrel shows were extremely popular, enjoyed by whole families from all walks of life irrespective of the ethnic group they belonged to.