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Master Juba was an African American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences and the only one of the era to tour with a white minstrel group. "Master Juba" was a stage name; he is believed to be the same person who later went by the stage name "Boz's Juba" and his real name is believed to have been William Henry Lane. However, because of meager documentation, it is possible that two or more people have been conflated in the historical record. Details on Juba's early life are scarce. As a teenager, he began his…mehr

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Master Juba was an African American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences and the only one of the era to tour with a white minstrel group. "Master Juba" was a stage name; he is believed to be the same person who later went by the stage name "Boz's Juba" and his real name is believed to have been William Henry Lane. However, because of meager documentation, it is possible that two or more people have been conflated in the historical record. Details on Juba's early life are scarce. As a teenager, he began his career in the rough saloons and dance halls of Manhattan's Five Points neighborhood, moving on to minstrel shows in the mid-1840s. "Master Juba" frequently challenged and defeated the best white dancers, including the period favorite, John Diamond