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Rice, Tom, 1808-1860

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Personal name headingRice, Tom, 1808-1860
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Variant(s)Rice, T. D. (Thomas Dartmouth), 1808-1860
Rice, Thomas Dartmouth, 1808-1860
Jim Crow Rice, 1808-1860
Big Daddy Rice, 1808-1860
Rice, Big Daddy, 1808-1860
Rice, Jim Crow, 1808-1860
Found inDarktown strutters, c1994: p. 8, etc. (Tom "Jim Crow" Rice)
AmeriGrove (Thomas Dartmouth Rice; b. New York, 5/20/1808, d. 9/19/1860; created his famous "Jim Crow" act, the first solo act by a blackface performer; often called "father of American minstrelsy")
Britannica online, consulted Feb. 7, 2014: (Thomas Dartmouth Rice, bynames 'Jim Crow Rice' and 'Daddy Rice': American actor)