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What do they mean with John Crow?


I've always wondered that, does it mean that John Crow is death because the last name is Crow.
I would really appreciate if somebody would try to answer the question.
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John Crow is the Jamaican Buzzard or in jamaican parlance "jan cro"
hope that helps

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Well, don't take this the wrong way...I know it means something different in other places, but where I'm from, it's an old derogatory term for someone of African descent.

I've heard it said as "Jim Crow" and John Crow as well. What colors are a crow's feathers? An example would be that when someone was pissed, he'd flap his "crow wings".

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