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For decades, American schoolchildren recited a poem by an author with this first name called “Sheridan’s Ride.” A musician with this first name composed “The Battle of Manassas” and was exploited for decades by his legal (10[1])guardians, the Bethune family, after being ruled insane. A 19th-century blind, autistic pianist with this first name, (10[1])who could play any composition (10[2])after hearing (10[1])it once, had the surname Wiggins. (10[1])This was (10[1])the first name of a minstrel show actor who popularized “Jump Jim Crow.” (10[1])A book about a character with this name was the target of The Sword and (10[1])the Distaff. (10[7])George Aiken’s (10[1])play about a character with this first name was adapted into nostalgic minstrel shows named after him. For (-5[1])10 points, Josiah Henson inspired a character (10[1])with what first name, whose story was adapted into a novel by Harriet (10[2])Beecher (10[2])Stowe? ■END■ (10[2])

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