Richard Potter :: America's first Black celebrity /
Apart from a handful of exotic--and almost completely unreliable--tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the most popular entertainer in America--the first showman, in fact, to win truly nationwide fame. Working as a magician and ve...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Apart from a handful of exotic--and almost completely unreliable--tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the most popular entertainer in America--the first showman, in fact, to win truly nationwide fame. Working as a magician and ventriloquist, he personified for an entire generation what a popular performer was and made an invaluable contribution to establishing popular entertainment as a major part of American life. His story is all the more remarkable in that Richard Potter was also a black man. This was an era when few African Americans became highly successful, much less famous. As the son of a slave, Potter was fortunate to have opportunities at all. At home in Boston, he was widely recognized as black, but elsewhere in America audiences entertained themselves with romantic speculations about his "Hindu" ancestry (a perception encouraged by his act and costumes). Richard Potter's performances were enjoyed by an enormous public, but his life off stage has always remained hidden and unknown. Now, for the first time, John A. Hodgson tells the remarkable, compelling--and ultimately heartbreaking--story of Potter's life, a tale of professional success and celebrity counterbalanced by racial vulnerability in an increasingly hostile world. It is a story of race relations, too, and of remarkable, highly influential black gentlemanliness and respectability: as the unsung precursor of Frederick Douglass, Richard Potter demonstrated to an entire generation of Americans that a black man, no less than a white man, could exemplify the best qualities of humanity. The apparently trivial "popular entertainment" status of his work has long blinded historians to his significance and even to his presence. Now at last we can recognize him as a seminal figure in American history |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xx, 318 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-308) and index |
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| spelling | Hodgson, John A., 1945- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79137915 Richard Potter : America's first Black celebrity / John A. Hodgson. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018 ©2018 1 online resource (xx, 318 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Apart from a handful of exotic--and almost completely unreliable--tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the most popular entertainer in America--the first showman, in fact, to win truly nationwide fame. Working as a magician and ventriloquist, he personified for an entire generation what a popular performer was and made an invaluable contribution to establishing popular entertainment as a major part of American life. His story is all the more remarkable in that Richard Potter was also a black man. This was an era when few African Americans became highly successful, much less famous. As the son of a slave, Potter was fortunate to have opportunities at all. At home in Boston, he was widely recognized as black, but elsewhere in America audiences entertained themselves with romantic speculations about his "Hindu" ancestry (a perception encouraged by his act and costumes). Richard Potter's performances were enjoyed by an enormous public, but his life off stage has always remained hidden and unknown. Now, for the first time, John A. Hodgson tells the remarkable, compelling--and ultimately heartbreaking--story of Potter's life, a tale of professional success and celebrity counterbalanced by racial vulnerability in an increasingly hostile world. It is a story of race relations, too, and of remarkable, highly influential black gentlemanliness and respectability: as the unsung precursor of Frederick Douglass, Richard Potter demonstrated to an entire generation of Americans that a black man, no less than a white man, could exemplify the best qualities of humanity. The apparently trivial "popular entertainment" status of his work has long blinded historians to his significance and even to his presence. Now at last we can recognize him as a seminal figure in American history Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-308) and index The Hopkinton years, 1783-1795 -- The Boston years and Europe, 1795-1803 -- The apprentice years and early career, 1804-1815 -- Ascent to fame, 1815-1819 -- The grand North American tour, 1819-1823 -- Return to New England, 1824-1829 -- A New England icon, a broken family, 1829-1835 Print version record Potter, Richard, 1783-1835. Potter, Richard, 1783-1835 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdcCV37VVvXDjX6JJxVYP Magicians United States Biography. African American magicians United States Biography. African American entertainers Biography. Entertainers United States Biography. Ventriloquists United States Biography. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) États-Unis Biographies. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) noirs américains États-Unis Biographies. Artistes du spectacle noirs américains Biographies. Artistes du spectacle États-Unis Biographies. Ventriloques États-Unis Biographies. African American entertainers fast African American magicians fast Entertainers fast Magicians fast Ventriloquists fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Electronic books. Biography https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019215 Biographies fast Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Biographies. rvmgf has work: Richard Potter (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFpRWgbdDyRDcqyrkgrC8K https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Hodgson, John A., 1945- Richard Potter. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018 9780813941042 (DLC) 2017030696 (OCoLC)1010986280 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2358381 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Hodgson, John A., 1945- Richard Potter : America's first Black celebrity / The Hopkinton years, 1783-1795 -- The Boston years and Europe, 1795-1803 -- The apprentice years and early career, 1804-1815 -- Ascent to fame, 1815-1819 -- The grand North American tour, 1819-1823 -- Return to New England, 1824-1829 -- A New England icon, a broken family, 1829-1835 Potter, Richard, 1783-1835. Potter, Richard, 1783-1835 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdcCV37VVvXDjX6JJxVYP Magicians United States Biography. African American magicians United States Biography. African American entertainers Biography. Entertainers United States Biography. Ventriloquists United States Biography. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) États-Unis Biographies. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) noirs américains États-Unis Biographies. Artistes du spectacle noirs américains Biographies. Artistes du spectacle États-Unis Biographies. Ventriloques États-Unis Biographies. African American entertainers fast African American magicians fast Entertainers fast Magicians fast Ventriloquists fast |
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| title_full | Richard Potter : America's first Black celebrity / John A. Hodgson. |
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| topic | Potter, Richard, 1783-1835. Potter, Richard, 1783-1835 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdcCV37VVvXDjX6JJxVYP Magicians United States Biography. African American magicians United States Biography. African American entertainers Biography. Entertainers United States Biography. Ventriloquists United States Biography. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) États-Unis Biographies. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) noirs américains États-Unis Biographies. Artistes du spectacle noirs américains Biographies. Artistes du spectacle États-Unis Biographies. Ventriloques États-Unis Biographies. African American entertainers fast African American magicians fast Entertainers fast Magicians fast Ventriloquists fast |
| topic_facet | Potter, Richard, 1783-1835. Potter, Richard, 1783-1835 Magicians United States Biography. African American magicians United States Biography. African American entertainers Biography. Entertainers United States Biography. Ventriloquists United States Biography. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) États-Unis Biographies. Magiciens (Illusionnistes) noirs américains États-Unis Biographies. Artistes du spectacle noirs américains Biographies. Artistes du spectacle États-Unis Biographies. Ventriloques États-Unis Biographies. African American entertainers African American magicians Entertainers Magicians Ventriloquists United States Electronic books. Biography Biographies Biographies. |
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