"Blind Tom," The Slave Turned Civil War-Era Pop Star

Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (May 25, 1849 – June 14, 1908) was an African- American musical prodigy on the piano. He had numerous original compositions  ...
 Blind Tom - an African- American Musical Prodigy 

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Several years ago I encountered the story of Thomas Greene Wiggins in the pages of Oliver Sacks’ wonderful study of unusual

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