The way the oldsters always used the phrase was to insinuate that someone's parentage or ancestry…

The term's origin is unclear, although there’s documented usage back to the 1840s. Some tie it to slave catchers looking for escaped enslaved people. It's also attributed to the railroad cars carrying stacked pulpwood where runaways might attempt to hide. One story relates to a Mississippi horse race where a Black man was paid to jump out and scare the …
"There's a N*gger in the Woodpile Somewhere!"
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The way the oldsters always used the phrase was to insinuate that someone's parentage or ancestry hid some Black geneology.
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Written by Author, D. Denise Dianaty10.4K Followers
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Artist, Poet, author, wife & mom May my epitaph be "She reflected love into the world."
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