The Ballad Of Blind Tom: America's Lost Musical Genius: Deirdre O'ConnellBorn into slavery in Georgia, Tom Wiggins died an international celebrity in New York in 1908. His life was one of the most bizarre and moving episodes in American history. Born blind and presumed autistic and therefore unable to work with other slaves Tom was left to his own devices. He was mesmerised by the music of the familys young daughters, and by the time he was four, Tom was playing tunes on the piano. Eventually freed from slavery, 'Blind