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Birth year edit
The text gives both 1859 and 1868 as possible birth years. That is quite a wide range - what is the verifiability of either, or any, date ? Ghmyrtle 08:40, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
- I'll go and check which date is correct.--Alabamaboy 20:15, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
The article says he performed in blackface. What was the point of this since he was already black? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.61.72.209 (talk) 01:53, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
- Blackface#Black_performers_in_blackface --80.133.120.52 (talk) 13:15, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Clarification edit
Wasn't Tom Turpin the first African American to have a published rag? Or was it just the first to have rag in the name compared to La Pas Ma La? Benjamin.P.L (talk) 15:35, 27 March 2024 (UTC)