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Somebody brought up that they heard "Cracker barrel" might actually be related to some racist practice involving tying up slaves to a barrel and whipping them. We all are trying to look up if there is any truth to this but can't find any. Is there any racial connotations to "cracker barrel"?

by /u/Spam4119 in /r/AskHistorians

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