Samboism
Samboism noun: a servile attitude adopted by black people toward white authority.
Noun
Samboism (uncountable)
- A servile attitude adopted by black people toward white authority.
- Botsford wrote Sambo and Toney, which was designed to teach Christian lessons to the slaves, or, as a Negro today would say, it taught the essence of Samboism.1970, George C. Rogers, The history of Georgetown County, South Carolina, page 193
- By skeptically observing whites' pretense to paternalism and slaves' pretense to Samboism, the slaveholder became mistrustful of everyone's performances.1994, William Freehling, The Reintegration of American History: Slavery and the Civil War
- Synonyms:
- Uncle Tommery, Uncle Tommism
Synonyms of Samboism
Origin of Samboism
From Sambo + -ism.
Questions about Samboism
- What does Samboism mean?
- Samboism means a servile attitude adopted by black people toward white authority.
- What part of speech is Samboism?
- Samboism is a noun.
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