She was the female equivalent of the House Negro, who would forego having children of her own so that she could find value as a cuckold raising the children of her masters.
This archetype was adapted for comedy of the Black-faced minstrel show in 1864. The role was played by a fat white man in black face who would bumble around the stage, leaning in to her ignorance and short temper, eagerly bonking another servant with a kitchen implement.
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