zip coon

noun2

1. •
   (old-fashioned) A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.

   • There were many names for the coon stock character. He has been referred to as the urban zip coon, dancing dandy, and, most notably, Sambo, the happy slave. — 2006
2. •
   (offensive, no longer used) A black man.

   • "De gal w'at git ole Brer Jack 'ull git a natchul pacer, sho'. He move mo' one-sideder dan ole Zip Coon, w'ich he rack up de branch all night long wid he nose p'int lak he gwine 'cross." — 1883