see also Charles Manby Smith in The Little World of London - click here
MASTER
TOM. "Oh, don't I just wish I was a Nigger, like him."
NURSE. "What for, you naughty Boy?"
MASTER TOM. "'Cause then, I should never have to be washed!!"
Punch, April 4, 1863
see also James Greenwood on 'nigger' minstrels (= white men 'blacking up') - click here