Allen's New Orleans Minstrels Quarantined, 1900
Dates
- Digitized: 1900
Summary Note
This column in the Freeman (Washington, DC: African-American newspaper) featured information on travelling black actors and performing groups including African-American minstrel shows. This February 10, 1900 article mentions the quarantine of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels in Pensacola, possibly because of yellow fever though that is not implicitly stated.
Rights Statement Note
Photographs and images may not be sold, marketed, or used for commercial applications without express permission from the University of West Florida. Researchers may use photographs and images from these collections provided credit is given to the University Archives and West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, Pensacola.
Physical Description Note
Digital clipping from digitized issue of The Freeman, February 10, 1900. AAN.
Contributor Note
Contributor: Added by Dean DeBolt, 13 September 2015.
- African Americans--Florida--Pensacola Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minstrel Shows (African-American) Subject Source: Local sources
- Pensacola (Fla.)--Blacks Subject Source: Local sources
- Pensacola (Fla.)--Yellow Fever. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow fever--Florida--Pensacola. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Repository Details
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