'Say you love me Sue', 1899. 'Peter F. Dailey's Latest Success as Sung at Weber & Fields Broadway Music Hall; words by Harry B. Smith, music by John Stromberg'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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