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Blackface Minstrelsy in Modern America

A pamphlet announcing a performance of the Original New Orleans Minstrels, 1876.

A pamphlet announcing a performance of the Original New Orleans Minstrels, 1876.

This four-page pamphlet announces an upcoming show by the Original New Orleans Minstrels to be held January 6, 1876. The show announcement is accompanied by images of happy African Americans on plantations.

Citation Information: “New Orleans Minstrels preliminary pictorial,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/9aef6a84117483ff3020c96dd0b789bf.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Courtesy of Duke University Libraries via North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.

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A pamphlet announcing a performance of the Original New Orleans Minstrels, 1876.

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A collection of minstrel shows excerpted from The Darkey Drama: A Collection of Approved Ethiopian Acts, Scenes, Interludes, Etc., 1867.

The sheet music of “Oh Susanna,” as sung by The Ethiopian Serenaders, 1863-1872.

A stereographic photograph of minstrels singing “Oh Susanna,” 1900.

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