Billy Waters Is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain by Mary L Shannon
Billy Waters Is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain
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Mary L Shannon
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Billy Waters Is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain

Mary L Shannon

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life of its ownEvery child in Regency London knew Billy Waters, the celebrated "King of the Beggars." Likely born into enslavement in 1770s...

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