Sanford's Opera Troupe

Sanford's Opera Troupe was an American blackface minstrel troupe headed by Samuel S. Sanford (1821-1905). The troupe began in 1853 under the name Sanford's Minstrels. The name changed that same year to Sanford's Opera Troupe. The lineup changed in 1856 and again in 1857, when they disbanded.[1]

Samuel S. Sanford as a minstrel character

Notes
  1. Mahar 359.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Hmm, I could probably put this in the browser somewhat.
gollark: It is available from my github random-stuff repository, if you have a Rust compiler.
gollark: ↓ art
gollark: I agree. Although the performance is not great, even in moderately optimized Rust.

References
  • Mahar, William J. (1999). Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.


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