Carroll Johnson (c. 1851–1917) was a minstrel performer in the United States.
In 1892, he was touted as the merry Irish minstrel for his performance of ''The Gossoon'' by
E. E. Kidder at Naylor's Opera House in
Terre Haute
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716.
Located along the Wabash River about e ...
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Between 1892 and 1894, he was the principal actor (as Osmonde O'Sullivan) in the play "The Irish Statesman", written by (John) Fitzgerald Murphy.
He appears in
blackface
Blackface is the practice of performers using burned cork, shoe polish, or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment. Scholarship on the origins or definition of blackface vary with some taking a glo ...
on the cover of the sheet music for "Ma Angeline". His performances popularized the song "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade". Sheet music for Carroll Johnson's Songs was published.
See also
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Billy Birch
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1850s births
1917 deaths
Blackface minstrel performers
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