I'm not sure that its fair to claim that tipping has origins in American Slavery. In the Pullman case, the workers eventually formed the first major African A

I'm not sure that its fair to claim that tipping has origins in American Slavery. In the Pullman case, the workers eventually formed the first major African American union and successfully won better pay from the railroads, in 1918. There's also Wikipedia's suggestion that tipping as a way to make up for lower wages as a wider practice came about as a result of Prohibitions effect on Hotels and Restaurants. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity#History