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Richard Potter (c. 1783 – September 20, 1835) was an American magician, hypnotist and ventriloquist. He was the first American-born magician to gain fame in his own country and is widely considered the first African-American celebrity.
31 de ago. de 2023 · Richard Potter was a performer—the first American-born ventriloquist and stage magician. Being the first at anything is quite the accomplishment, but for Potter, the son of a white father and Black mother, it was even more remarkable.
13 de jun. de 2023 · A principios del siglo XIX, Richard Potter era el artista intérprete o ejecutante más famoso de Estados Unidos. ¿Cómo es que este aspirante a ícono negro, maestro mago y príncipe Hall Mason simplemente desapareció de la historia? By Juan A. Hodgson. Toda su vida adulta, Richard Potter demostró un dominio de la mala dirección.
Richard Potter, Celebrity Black Magician of the 19th Century. Traces of his life can be found in New Hampshire. 0 comment. Richard Potter, the son of a former slave, won fame and fortune with a bag of magic tricks and a voice that spoke from ladies’ purses and gentlemen’s pockets.
13 de feb. de 2024 · 1.77K subscribers. Subscribed. 3. 92 views 1 month ago. Apart from a handful of tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the...
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Potter has been credited as America’s first successful stage magician, hypnotist, and ventriloquist. One of the earliest records of Potter advertising his shows was on November 2, 1811, in Boston at the Columbian Museum. The performance featured ventriloquism and magic.
16 de mar. de 2015 · He was Richard Potter, the first American-born stage magician and ventriloquist, black or white. Prior to Potter’s career in the early 19th century, the performance of magic and ventriloquism...
