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2023-04-13 01:33:21 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 48A5DDECA37CB8BF42638DC6650EAE0A32720B708D08F454EB5EDD8E9F7FD94D
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The Golliwog began as a character created by Florence Upton in her 1895 book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls. The book's main characters: Dutch dolls, Peg & Sarah Jane, & the Golliwogg (original spelling), who was a caricature of American black faced minstrels. https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/golliwog/homepage.htm#:~:text=The%20Golliwog%20was%20created%20during,a%20banjo%20on%20page%2045.
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