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The following bibliographic sources were used in JUBA's research. Specific bibliographic sources are also linked from individual person, event, venue and troupe pages.

The Bibliography contains all sources used to compile the Early Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain Database. At this stage of our data entry, most documentation you will find here will be from nineteenth century daily and weekly British journals, searched by our Research Participants; all such entries are linked to one or more of the database entries: Event, Individual, Troupe, Venue, Documentation.

Bell's Life in London May 17, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:3.
Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 6:2.
Bell's Life in London June 11, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London January 12, 1851: 7:2.
Info in Record: Notice of an upcoming boxing match between “Nigger Watson” and “E. Roberts” (location not transcribed).
Bell's Life in London May 28, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London May 24, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:3.
Info in Record: Piece about an upcoming horse race (location not transcribed), involving horses called “Dandy Jem” and “Black Doctor”
Bell's Life in London December 31, 1848: 3:2.
Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 6:5.
Bell's Life in London January 12, 1851: 7:3.
Bell's Life in London February 20, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London May 31, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:4.
Info in Record: Listing of Horses participating in the Doncaster Spring Meeting. Includes “Mark Tapley, 4 yrs”.
Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 7:3.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 1:3.
Info in Record: Brief piece about a Stallion called “The Knight Templar”. Notes that one of his ancestors was the mare Tippitywitchet”.
Bell's Life in London May 31, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:4.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 1:3.
Info in Record: Advertisement listing the sale of a hunting colt whose mother was called “Mulatto”.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 5:2.
Bell's Life in London June 14, 1846: 2:5.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:4.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 1:3.
Info in Record: Piece about a Stallion named Iago who is available to “serve mares”.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 5:2.
Info in Record: Piece about a recent dog race (“The Border Union Meeting”) in which a dog named “Dan Tucker” was defeated by a dog called “Red Robin” (location not transcribed).
Bell's Life in London April 30, 1848: 3:1.
Bell's Life in London February 13, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London July 12, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:4.
Info in Record: Listing of dogs participating in the Doncaster Meeting. Includes “Mr. Winder’s bk d Mark Tapley”.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 1:3.
Info in Record: Piece about a Stallion named “The Hydra”, who sired a horse called “Mark Tapley”.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 5:3.
Info in Record: Piece about a recent dog race (“The Hewell Meeting”) in which a dog named “Black Bess” was defeated by a dog called “Councillor” (location not transcribed).
Bell's Life in London February 13, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London July 12, 1846: 2;1.
Bell's Life in London December 3, 1848: 2:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper) on December 10, 1848. (2:1)
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 1:5.
Info in Record: An advertisement for the Metropolitan Racing Information Office, which notes that subscribers had recently received a tip about a (winning) horse named “Lucy Neal”.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 5:5.
Info in Record: An article entitled “The Salmon Question”, which claims that for Africans, “the Devil’s colour” is white, while, for Europeans, it is black.
Bell's Life in London July 19, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 1:5.
Info in Record: Another betting tip ad, which notes that Van Tromp previously recommended a horse called “Lucy Neale” for the Lincoln Steeple Chase. Lucy Neal ended up winning the race.
Bell's Life in London March 28, 1847: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 6:4.
Info in Record: An article entitled “The Ring, More Mysteries of Milling”, which notes that Sambo and Jemmy Welsh attended Joseph Hoiles ("The Spider") is his boxing match vs. Harry Adams.
Bell's Life in London January 23, 1848: 2:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper) on January 30, & February 6, 13 & 27, 1848. (all 2:1)
Bell's Life in London July 19, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 1:5.
Info in Record: An ad for Hotspur and Osborne’s, which notes that they too had recommended “Lucy Neale” for the Lincoln Steeple Chase.
Bell's Life in London April 4, 1847: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 6:5.
Info in Record: Description of a recent meeting between the boxers “Nigger Watson” and E. Roberts. Notes that Roberts wanted Watson to weigh the same as him and increased the stakes for their fight; Watson agreed, but he or his backers didn't stake their share. The stakeholder called another meeting for next day.
Bell's Life in London July 26, 1846: 2:2.
Info in Record: Reply to “Philo-Nigger” in the “To Correspondents” section. Notes that the Ethiopian Serenaders at the St. James’s Theatre are not the same as the Ethiopian Harmonists currently performing in Gravesend.
Bell's Life in London January 4, 1846: 1:1.
Document Note: Reprinted (in this paper) on January 18, 1846 (1:1).
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London May 16, 1847: 3:2.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 6:5.
Bell's Life in London January 9, 1848: 2:5.
Bell's Life in London August 9, 1846: 2:5.
Bell's Life in London January 18, 1846: 1:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London April 18, 1847: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 6:5.
Bell's Life in London October 1, 1848: 2.
Bell's Life in London April 4, 1847: 2: 1.
Document Note: reprinted (in this paper) on April 11, 1847 (p2)
Bell's Life in London December 6, 1846: 2:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper), with slight variations, on December 13, 20, & 27, 1846 (all 2:1).
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:5.
Bell's Life in London January 25, 1846: 3:3.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 2:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper), with slight variations, on February 16, 1851 (2:1).
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 7:2.
Bell's Life in London December 10, 1848: 2:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper) on December 17, 1848. (2:1)
Bell's Life in London December 20, 1846: 2:5.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:5.
Bell's Life in London February 8, 1846: 2:1.
Document Note: Reprinted (in this paper) with slight variations on February 15, 1846 (1:1).
Bell's Life in London May 9, 1847: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 2:3.
Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 8:1.
Info in Record: News item about a brig that ran into a ledge of rocks one mile off of Cape Cornwall. One of the three survivors is described as a "mulatto", who kept clear of the rocks by using a plank "as a paddle" and "a piece of canvas [. . .] for a sail". The author praises the fisherman who eventually rescued the survivor.
Bell's Life in London January 9, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London December 20, 1846: 2:5.
Bell's Life in London March 26, 1848: 3:5.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:5.
Bell's Life in London February 8, 1846: 2;1.
Document Note: Reprinted (in this paper) on February 15 (1:1), 22 (2:1), and March 1, 8, 15, and 22 (all 2:1), 1846.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 3:1.
Info in Record: News item about a Slave named Henry Long who was sold in Richmond, VA for $750, “with a condition that he is to be taken south only.”
Bell's Life in London January 26, 1851: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London January 9, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:5.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 7:1.
Info in Record: An article entitled “Fight for 10 Pounds a Side”, which notes that “Nigger Watson” and Dan Roberts seconded J. Watkins in his boxing match vs. T. Southall.
Bell's Life in London February 8, 1846: 8:3.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 3:2.
Info in Record: News item about the Opening of Parliament. Notes that the Queen’s opening speech praised the Brazilian government for adopting "new" and hopefully "efficient measures for the suppression of the atrocious traffic in slaves".
Bell's Life in London January 26, 1851: 3:2.
Info in Record: News item about a proposition recently put forward in the French Assembly, which stipulated that that anyone "'possessing, purchasing, or selling slaves,'" including those in "foreign countries" gained though "inheritance, gift, or marriage," would lose "the rights of French citizens".
Bell's Life in London March 19, 1848: 3:4.
Bell's Life in London February 16, 1851: 1:3.
Info in Record: Brief description of a Stallion called “Othello”.
Bell's Life in London May 16, 1847: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 15, 1846: 1:3.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:1.
Bell's Life in London April 16, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London January 26, 1851: 4:3.
Bell's Life in London December 10, 1848: 2:5.
Bell's Life in London April 30, 1848: 2:5.
Bell's Life in London March 26, 1848: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 16, 1851: 1:3.
Info in Record: Brief description of a Stallion called “Red Deer”, which notes that one of his ancestors was “Tippitywitchet”.
Bell's Life in London February 22, 1846: 2:1.
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:1.
Bell's Life in London January 26, 1851: 3:2.
Info in Record: Piece about sport hunting in Albania, which includes the following comment: "Albanian thorns are like fish-hooks, and as piercing as Sambo's solitary ogle."
Bell's Life in London December 24, 1848: 2:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper) on December 31, 1848. (2:1)
Bell's Life in London February 16, 1851: 1:3.
Info in Record: Brief description of a Stallion called “The Hydra”, which notes that he was the sire of “Mark Tapley”.
Bell's Life in London March 1, 1846: 2:1.
Document Note: Reprinted (in this paper) on March 8, 1846 (2:1).
Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:1.