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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › arts-culture › tragic-storyThe Tragic Story of America’s First Black Music Star

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   Oct 18, 2019 · Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (1849-1908), born blind and enslaved, was a musical prodigy who began performing as early as 6 years old. Kate Patterson for The Washington Post via Getty Images

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   Aug 4, 2023 · Shortly after his birth, Wiggins, who was blind and had undiagnosed autism, was sold along with the rest of his family at a discount price due to a new owner, lawyer, General James Neil Bethune.

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3. www.blackpast.org › african-american-historyThomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins (1849-1908) - Blackpast

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   Feb 13, 2008 · Thomas Greene Wiggins was born May 25, 1849 to Mungo and Charity Wiggins, slaves on a Georgia plantation. He was blind and autistic but a musical genius with a phenomenal memory. In 1850 Tom, his parents, and two brothers were sold to James Neil Bethune, a lawyer and newspaper editor in Columbus, Georgia. Young Tom was fascinated by music and ...

4. aaregistry.org › story › blind-tom-wiggins-amazing'Blind Tom' Wiggins, Musician, and Composer born - African ...

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   James Bethune of Columbus, Georgia, purchased Tom’s father, Domingo Wiggins, a field slave, and his mother, Charity Greene, at auction when young Tom was an infant. Because he was the blind (disabled) sickly "pickaninny," and had no labor potential, he was thrown into the sale as a no-cost extra.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Blind_Tom_WigginsBlind Tom Wiggins - Wikipedia

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   Wiggins was born Thomas Greene [2] on the Wiley Edward Jones Plantation in Harris County, Georgia. Blind at birth, he was sold in 1850 along with his enslaved parents, Charity and Domingo "Mingo" Wiggins, to a Columbus, Georgia lawyer, General James Neil Bethune. [3] Bethune was "the first [newspaper] editor in the south to openly advocate ...

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   Feb 21, 2022 · When Thomas Wiggins was born in 1848, his mother Charity was understandably anxious about his future as a blind slave living on a Georgia plantation . After his master Wiley Jones branded him a...

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   Who was Thomas Greene Wiggins?

   • Thomas Greene Wiggins was born May 25, 1849 to Mungo and Charity Wiggins, slaves on a Georgia plantation. He was blind and autistic but a musical genius with a phenomenal memory. In 1850 Tom, his parents, and two brothers were sold to James Neil Bethune, a lawyer and newspaper editor in Columbus, Georgia.

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   Who is Blind Tom Wiggins?

   • Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blind Tom Wiggins. Wikisource has the text of the 1889 Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography article Tom. Blind Tom, Slave Pianist Sensation A radio documentary from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Into the Music. A Sketch of the Life of Thomas Greene Bethune (Blind Tom).

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   Was Tom Wiggins tutored?

   • Advertising claimed Tom was untaught, but in fact he was tutored by a Professor of Music who traveled with him. James Neil Bethune took Tom Wiggins to Europe where he collected testimonials from music critics Ignaz Moscheles and Charles Halle, which were printed in a booklet “The Marvelous Musical Prodigy Blind Tom.”

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   Who was Tom Wiggins?

   • By 1865, 16-year-old Tom Wiggins, now “indentured” to James Bethune, could play difficult works of Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, and Thalberg. He also played pieces after one hearing, and memorized poems and text in foreign languages. Advertising claimed Tom was untaught, but in fact he was tutored by a Professor of Music who traveled with him.

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   Who is Ben Wiggins?

   • Sir Bradley Wiggins with his son Ben Wiggins. Credit: PA Images There will be a familiar surname starting the junior men's time trial at the UCI Cycling World Championships on Saturday, but step by step Ben Wiggins is building his own reputation separate to his famous father.

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   Where was Blind Tom Wiggins buried?

   • Tom was buried in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn, New York. The people of Columbus, Georgia, raised a commemorative headstone for Tom in 1976. He was the subject of a play titled HUSH: Composing Blind Tom Wiggins, by Robert Earl Price, which was performed on the Atlanta stage with Del Hamilton as director.

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   Aug 9, 2023 · Wiggins rides on the road for the Fensham Howes-MAS Design team, which is run by Giles Pidcock, father of Ineos Grenadiers star Tom, to give emerging British juniors the opportunity to...