Henry Wood (minstrel)

{{short description|American minstrel}}

Henry Wood was a 19th-century New York City minstrel show manager, known for creating Wood's Minstrels.[https://books.google.com/books?id=nvY5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA74 Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date], p. 74-75 (1911) The group performed at Mechanics' Hall (New York City), among other locales.(21 January 1878). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/01/21/80671418.pdf A New Library Building], The New York Times

Wood's brother Fernando Wood was a mayor of New York City and served in the United States House of Representatives. Another brother, Benjamin Wood, also served in Congress and the New York State Senate.