12017-05-01T10:35:54-07:00Steven Gerber8e618be049cc4f194fb48147f629db29f386a30e158782plain2017-05-02T13:44:57-07:00Steven Gerber8e618be049cc4f194fb48147f629db29f386a30eVirginia Minstrels: not precisely a 'work' but a troupe of white entertainers in blackface directed and produced by Daniel Emmett who presented satirical and racially-insensitive variety shows, featuring "plantation" music, beginning in 1842; the popular genre was soon emulated by many other production companies including the Christy Minstrels in 1846.