But you're just making that up. It evolved almost instantly after the US Civil War as a way to employ newly released slaves without paying them. It was described as a "new idea that had just come from Europe."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/12/16/fac...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tipping-jobs-history-slave-wage...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/minimum-wage-raci...