Assertion: minstrel show | /r/CapableOf | grow in 1850
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text: The formulaic nature of minstrel shows increased as they grew in number in the 1850s and enticed a larger middle-class audience, a development that also enhanced their appeal for amateur white thespians then and later; the post–Civil War era saw the entry of large numbers of African-American men, who also used blackface make-up, into the professional ranks of minstrels, a somewhat startling development given the strongly racialized character of much minstrel material.