minstrelsy
21Master Juba — Portrait of Boz s Juba from an 1848 London playbill Master Juba (ca. 1825 – ca. 1852 or 1853) was an African American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences… …
22Blackface — For other uses, see Blackface (disambiguation). This reproduction of a 1900 William H. West minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the transformation from white to black . Blackface is a form of theatrical… …
23Minstrel show — Veranstaltungsplakat für Dandy Jim from Caroline, ca. 1844 Minstrel show, oder auch blackface minstrelsy, ist ein Unterhaltungsspiel, bei dem Weiße in Form von Stereotypen Schwarze darstellen. Die zentrale Figur war in der Regel ein Clown mit… …
24Minstrel Show — Veranstaltungsplakat für Dandy Jim from Caroline, ca. 1844 Minstrel show, oder auch blackface minstrelsy (benannt nach dem als blackface bezeichneten, schwarz geschminkten Gesicht des Clowns), ist ein Unterhaltungsspiel bei dem Weiße in Form von… …
25Old Dan Tucker — was first published in 1843. Sheet music editions from that year, such as this one from Charles H. Keith of Boston, name no composer. Written by Usually attributed to Daniel Decatur Emmett Published 1843 Language …
26Miss Lucy Long — also known as Lucy Long and other variants, is an American song that was popularized in the blackface minstrel show. A comic banjo tune, the lyrics, written in exaggerated Black Vernacular English, tell of the courtship or marriage of the male s …
27Frank Brower — Francis Frank Marion Brower (November 20, 1823–June 4, 1874) was an American blackface performer active in the mid 19th century. Brower began performing blackface song and dance acts in circuses and variety shows when he was 13. He eventually… …
28J. H. Haverly — was an entrepreneur and promoter of blackface minstrel shows. During the 1870s and 1880s, he created an entertainment empire centered on his minstrel troupes, particularly Haverly s United Mastodon Minstrels and Haverly s Colored Minstrels. Under …
29Tom Shows — were stage plays and musicals based on the 1852 novel Uncle Tom s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement… …
30Bryant's Minstrels — Detail from a playbill for Bryant s Minstrels, Mechanics Hall, New York, 4 April 1859 (the première of the song Dixie ) Bryant s Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe that performed in the mid 19th century, primarily in New York City. The… …
