Frank Brower was an American blackface performer active in the mid-19th century. He began his career doing blackface performances in circuses and theatres. His act was well enough known that Master Juba (William Henry Lane) did an impression of Brower dancing. In January, 1843, Brower was out of work in New York City. He teamed up with three other blackface performers—Dan Emmett, Richard Pelham, and Billy Whitlock—to form the Virginia Minstrels, … Wikipedia
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