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: money → more likely to have happiness
gollark: But poor people often just don't have time for their family at all because they have to work more.
gollark: Also more stable living conditions.
gollark: They can also provide, I don't know, faster internet access, more books, more interesting experiences, better education, better diets, etc.
gollark: Rich people can spend more time with their children to provide love, guidance and wisdom.

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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