# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/master-juba
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:19:38.768Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/master-juba"
name: "Master Juba"
slug: "master-juba"
description: "Master Juba was an African-American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences and the only one of the era to tour with a white minstrel group. His real name was believed to be William Henry Lane, and he was also known as \"Boz's Juba\" following Charles Dickens's graphic description of him in his 1842 travelogue American Notes. By affecting blackface performance, Juba was highly influential in the development of such American dance styles as tap, jazz, and step dancing."
tagline: "American dancer (c1825–c1852/3)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boz's_Juba_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1825"
deathDate: "1852"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.93
  momentum:             3.375
  historical:           7.714906666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0_%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%94"
    title: "마스터 주바"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Juba"
    title: "Master Juba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "المعلم جوبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ماستير چوبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Juba"
    title: "Master Juba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Juba"
    title: "Master Juba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Juba"
    title: "Master Juba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Juba"
    title: "Master Juba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Juba"
    title: "Master Juba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1048321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump