Of T.D. Rice and Blackface Minstrelsy
Today is the birthday of Thomas D. Rice (1808-1860), a.k.a. T.D. Rice, or Daddy Rice, or sometimes by the name of the character he created, Jim Crow. Yes, Jim Crow. It was Rice who launched the blackface minstrelsy craze circa 1830 with his popular character and song “Jim Crow”. From that routine would grow the […]