Early Life Dixon was born 1801 in Richmond Virgina His father was a barber and his mother was a washerwoman He went to charity school Dixon was teased by his friends and was called Negro or Mulatto ID: 591500
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George Washington DixonSlide2
Early Life
Dixon was born 1801 in Richmond,
Virgina
His father was a barber and his mother was a washerwoman He went to charity school Dixon was teased by his friends and was called Negro or MulattoSlide3
Dixon In Blackface
Dixon was known for being one of the first
americans
to perform in blackface His first performance “Coal Black Face” in 1829 New York City He is most famous for the song “Zip Coon”
He sold a bunch of skits and songs that he wrote in 1830 Slide4
Dixon The Writer
Dixon started a newspaper called “Stonington Cannon” in 1833 but he went back to performing a year later
In 1835 he moved to Lowell, Massechussets and started writing for a few papers He was known for the “Dixon’s Daily Review”
He had a lot of enemies because he use to talk about other writer’s and editor’sSlide5
Dixon And The Law
Dixon had a lot of issues with the law
In 1838 he was charged with slander He served six months in Blackwell prisonSlide6
Dixon Late Life
He had different jobs he was a spiritualist and animal
magnetist
He became a competitive long distance walker He compete by walking 40, 50, 60 hours After years of run-in’s with politics he was jailed in a New Orleans
He died on March 2, 1861 in New Orleans, LASlide7
Little Known Fact’s
Dixon’s birth date is unknown but believed to be 1801 because of his death certificate
Dixon was arrested multiple times and served 6 months in jail His ethnicity ha s always been a question , although he looked white