The Millionaire Negro-Singer. (PDF) In: The New York Times. 9. Februar 1857, abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2022: „… having made a princely fortune out of burnt cork and Ethiopian melodies now lives the life of a wealthy and fashionable New-Yorker. … His wealth is prodigious, and, as he has been economical and laborious while earning it, he feels authorized to spend it freely.“