Meanings
- uncountableA servile attitude adopted by black people toward white authority.
By skeptically observing whites' pretense to paternalism and slaves' pretense to Samboism, the slaveholder became mistrustful of everyone's performances.
1994, William Freehling, The Reintegration of American History: Slavery and the Civil War1 more example
Botsford wrote Sambo and Toney, which was designed to teach Christian lessons to the slaves, or, as a Negro today would say, it taught the essence of Samboism.
1970, George C. Rogers, The history of Georgetown County, South Carolina, page 193Synonyms: Uncle Tommery, Uncle Tommism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA servile attitude adopted by black people toward white authority.
Origin
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Samboism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samboism
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