A group photograph of young lads in blackface, dressed as minstrels with banjos
[Hindmarsh, Unknown Photographer, circa September 1898]. 'The banjo was introduced to America by enslaved Africans in the mid-1600s.... the earliest banjos, also known as banjars, were not the instruments we recognize today. Early banjos varied greatly. They could have any number of strings. The body could be made from a...... More