Aunt Jemima

Wikipedia

I had some Aunt Jemima pancakes for breakfast this morning.

I had always assumed she was a black slave in the Plantation South. But to make sure. I looked her up on Wikipedia - and got a surprise.

She was invented by businessmen in the state of Missouri! And was impersonated by Nancy Green in the Chicago Columbian Exposition.

Her slogan was "I's in town, honey!" And she was as black as the Ace of Spades.