Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in regency Britain, Mary L Shannon

Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in regency Britain, Mary L ShannonNew Hardback The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life of its own Every child in Regency London knew Billy Waters, the celebrated King of the Beggars. Likely born into enslavement in 1770s New York, he became a Royal Navy sailor. After losing his leg in a fall from the rigging, the talented and irrepressible Waters became Londons most famous street performer. His extravagantly

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