Minstrel Characters

Case & Getchell1864

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States

Depicted are G. Swaine Buckley, R. Bishop Buckley, and Frederick Buckley. They were minstrel actors who used black face, cross dressing, wigs, comedic expressions, and tattered clothes to portray black people as inferior beings from whites.

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Title: Minstrel Characters
Creator: Case & Getchell
Date Created: 1864
External Link: https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/15102
HSP Record Number: 15102

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