death_date death_place birth_place pseudonym name birth_date notable_works article_title birth_name
apr 13 , 1886 boston , massachusetts nashville , tennessee jay bee joseph bradford oct 24 , 1843 out of bondage joseph bradford -lrb- american playwright -rrb-
 william randolph hunter
joseph bradford -lrb- american playwright -rrb-

white bostonian joseph bradford -lrb- 1843-1886 -rrb- with pauline hopkins and the hyers sisters , debuting in 1876 .
the production featured sam lucas , a famous minstrel performer of the era .
bradford was also an actor , poet and journalist .
he wrote for the boston courier as `` jay bee '' .
