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Source: Turnbull Library, New Zealand
C. B. Hicks C. B. Hicks i(7108336 works by) (birth name: Charles Barney Hicks) (a.k.a. Charles B. Hicks)
; Died: Ceased: 1902 Surabaya, Java,
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Indonesia,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Gender: Male
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Heritage: American
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African-American entrepreneur, performer, manager.

One of the most significant African-American minstrel showmen of the late 19th century, Charles B. Hicks formed the Georgia Minstrels in 1865 and over the next 37 years piloted various black troupes through the USA, Europe, the East and the Antipodes. His Antipodian tours were 1877-79 (Georgia Minstrels); 1879-80 (with R.B. Lewis’ Georgia Minstrels, as manager); 1888-89 (Hicks-Sawyer Minstrels); 1889-91 (American Coloured Minstrels); and 1898-1899 (Harmston’s Circus, as general manager). Following his last visit to Australia he took Harmston’s Circus through India and the Dutch Indies but died in Surabaya, Java, in 1902.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

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The Georgia Minstrels [2]
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