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Mar 3, 2021 · Charity Wiggins, a slave on a Georgia plantation, was 48 in May 1849, when she gave birth to a baby boy. The child, whom she named Thomas, was born blind, and Charity feared that their owner would ...
- Anthony Tommasini
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 ...
Aug 4, 2023 · American composer and pianist Thomas Wiggins (born Thomas Greene) was born in 1849 on the Wiley Edward Jones Plantation in Harris County, Georgia, America. 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 ...
- Sophia Alexandra Hall
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 ...
Thomas Greene Wiggins (1849-1908) was a former slave and indentured servant who began playing piano by the age of four and became one of the most celebrated musicians of the Civil War era. Thomas was born autistic and without sight on May 25, 1849 to Mungo and Charity Wiggins, two Georgia plantation slaves owned by Wiley Edward Jones.
Mar 8, 2021 · Charity Wiggins, a slave on a Georgia plantation, was 48 in May 1849 when she gave birth to a baby boy. The child, whom she named Thomas, was born blind, and Charity feared that their owner would deem him a burden — with potentially dire consequences.
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Mar 14, 2021 · Charity Wiggins, a slave on a Georgia plantation, was 48 in May 1849 when she gave birth to a baby boy. The child, whom she named Thomas, was born blind, and she feared that their owner would deem him a useless burden — with potentially dire consequences.
