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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.

Era (London) December 7, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) November 29, 1846: 8:2.
Era (London) March 19, 1843: 7:4.
Info in Record: " African Notes for General Circulation (From the New York Spirit of the Times), full lyrics for a song for Charles Dickens "FROM DE DRIBER OF STAGE NO. 1", Tune - Dennis Belgrudery "
Era (London) September 8, 1850: 11:4.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 12:1.
Info in Record: Performance Type Indicated: Vocal Entertainment Troupe Name: “Henry Russell,” “the Serenaders” Days and Times: “shortly” Other Acts on Bill: Messrs. Graham and Charles, and the Lockwood Family
Era (London) February 16, 1845: 6:2.
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) May 4, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) November 28, 1847: 12:1.
Era (London) February 9, 1851: 12: 1.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Dramatic Days & Times: “since our last” Venue Name: “Theatre Royal” (Sunderland) Program Info: “The Merchant of Venice” Info About Other Categories: Other Venue Info (manager – Mr. S. Roxby)
Era (London) July 15, 1849: 12:1.
Era (London) October 21, 1849: 11:1.
Era (London) March 26, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) July 27, 1851: 12:4.
Era (London) March 9, 1851: 11:1.
Era (London) December 17, 1848: 10:4.
Era (London) January 31, 1847: 10:4.
Era (London) January 26, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) September 9, 1849: 5:2.
Era (London) April 6, 1851: 12:1.
Era (London) June 6, 1847: 11:3.
Era (London) March 2, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) February 22, 1846: 13:1.
Era (London) June 22, 1851: 11:2-3.
Era (London) March 26, 1848: 7:1.
Info in Record: notice of a meeting in aid of The Ladies' Society, "Promoting the Improvement of the Children of the Negroes and People of Colour in the British West Indies.”
Era (London) May 14, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) July 29, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) May 13, 1849: 1:1.
Era (London) March 30, 1851: 11: 1.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Dramatic Days & Times: “on Wednesday evening” Venue Name: “Darlaston” Other Acts on Bill: “Did you ever send your Wife to Birmingham” Program Info: “Merchant of Venice” Other: audience benefit Info About Other Categories: Other Venue Info (manageress – “Mrs. Latimer” – for her benefit)
Era (London) April 1, 1849: 11: 4.
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Era (London) January 5, 1851: 4:1.
Note: Later, this publication also makes reference to a horse named "Brother to Shylock" competing in Manchester. (Era. January 12, 1851, 4:3.)
Era (London) September 7, 1851: 6:4.
Era (London) December 2, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 10:3.
Era (London) May 2, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) August 31, 1851: 5:4.
Info in Record: An article which notes that Sambo Sutton had been libelously accused of highway robbery in another publication. The author suggests that Young Sambo, not Sutton, is the individual “implicated in the affair”.
Era (London) August 16, 1846: 2:3.
Era (London) October 10, 1847: 11:4.
Era (London) May 28, 1848: 11:1.
Info in Record: Notice that Pell “has arrived in London,” “with a new party of Ethiopian singers and delineators of American eccentricities.” Makes special mention of a “first rate dancer” within the troupe.
Era (London) November 26, 1848: 12:4.
Era (London) January 21, 1849: 10:4.
Era (London) October 22, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) December 14, 1851: 12: 2.
Info in Record: Notice that a troupe referred to as “The Niggers” have “departed for Dublin”
Era (London) March 26, 1843: 2:1.
Info in Record: "Coast of Africa Bill": News report on the debate in Parliament over the first reading of this bill, and whether or not there should be an annual budget for the colonies; the bill seems to give government more control over business affairs in its colonies.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 15:4.
Era (London) June 25, 1848: 1.
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 19, 1851: 1:2.
Era (London) October 19, 1851: 12:1.
Era (London) February 9, 1851: 12:4.
Info in Record: Other: other (Excerpt from The Christian Times decrying “The Low Theatres of London”; one theatre’s audience consisted of “a much larger number of young girls and sailors, with a few persons of colour, amounting altogether to about four hundred.”)
Era (London) October 28, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) April 30, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) November 30, 1851: 12:4.
Era (London) January 4, 1846: 8:2.
Era (London) January 29, 1843: 4:1.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 1:2.
Era (London) June 4, 1843: 6:1.
Era (London) March 15, 1846: 6:2.
Era (London) December 24, 1848: 1:1.
Document Note: A similar ad (listing the Arabs in Robin Hood) appeared (in this paper on December 31, 1848 (1:2).
Era (London) January 31, 1847: 10:4.
Era (London) February 27, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) October 26, 1851: 12:1.
Era (London) February 2, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) December 21, 1851: 9:3.
Info in Record: An article entitled “The President’s Message – Reviewed”, which makes mention of “Fugitive Slave Law” in the U.S.
Era (London) January 18, 1846: 4:2.
Document Note: reprinted (in this paper) on January 25, 1846 (p4)
Era (London) June 13, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) January 14, 1844: 13:3.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 11: 3.
Era (London) March 2, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) June 29, 1851: 8:2.
Info in Record: Another piece discussing the Kaffir War.
Era (London) July 29, 1849: 4:1.
Era (London) May 20, 1849: 1:1.
Era (London) March 30, 1851: 11:1.
Era (London) April 8, 1849: 11:1-2.
Era (London) January 26, 1851: 7: 1.
Info in Record: Other: other (Description of African kings: “AFRICAN KINGS, - On the coast of Africa and up the country, we have made treaties over a bottle of rum, with kings whose court boasted for its chief ornament a cocked hat or two and some plush breeches. At an interview in Ashantee, a high native functionary wore an epaulette, and a handsome one too; but where? – over a gold hand bell at the bottom of the spine, “where the tail joins on to the small of the back.” – Fraser’s Mag)
Era (London) July 19, 1846: 3:3.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Dramatic Performers Listed: “The African Roscius” Venue Name: “the Queen’s Theatre” (Manchester) Program Info: “he has been personating Bertram in Maturin’s tragedy, Gambia, in “The Slave,” Othello, Obi, Mungo, &c. &c”
Era (London) April 16, 1848: 8:2.
Era (London) July 30, 1848: 10:4.
Info in Record: “Our Carpet Bag”: A joke entitled “An Intelligent Negro”.
Era (London) December 2, 1849: 12:1.
Era (London) January 19, 1851: 7:1.
Info in Record: Description of Kaffirs’ penchant for snuff, and also evidence for their ‘nastiness’. “When a colonist kills an ox, they stand round waiting for their shares. The moment the entrails are drawn, they seize on them, and swallow with the utmost avidity every part…”
Era (London) May 2, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 10:2.
Era (London) October 10, 1847: 11:4.
Era (London) November 12, 1848: 12:2.
Era (London) January 21, 1849: 11:3.
Era (London) October 29, 1848: 1:2.
Document Note: Similar ads appeared (in this paper) on November 5, 19, 26 and December 3, (all 1:2), December 10, 17, & 31 (all 1:3), & December 24, 1848 (1:4)
Era (London) March 26, 1843: 2:1.
Info in Record: "Slave Trade (Payment of Bounties) Bill": News report on the debate in Parliament over a report on this bill, and the details of how to calculate the bounty per vessel.
Era (London) August 17, 1851: 11:4 .
Era (London) March 16, 1851: 11: 4.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Variety Performers Listed: “Mr. Clarance”; “Mr. Gilbeigh” Days & Times: “this week” Venue Name: “Norwich – Theatre Royal” Other Acts on Bill: “Agnes Primrose” Program Info: “the burlesque of Aladdin” Other: audience description/review Info About Other Categories: Other Individual Info – Mr. Clarance as Aladdin (review) Other Individual Info – Mr. Gilbeigh as Abenazar (review) Other Venue Info (lessee – Mr. J. Clarance)
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) May 4, 1851: 1:3.
Era (London) March 31, 1850: 12: 4.
Era (London) February 16, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) August 13, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) March 26, 1848: 11: 4.
Era (London) March 2, 1846: 3:4.
Info in Record: Article about the death of a 6 month old Ioway Indian child while touring with the Ioway Indians. The group originally consisted of 14, but after leaving Edinburgh lost the child. A group of ladies (friends of Mr. Catlin’s) assisted the family in arranging a funeral. The Ioway Indians wanted the child buried in Newcastle, “in which place they had been treated with great kindness by some members of the Society of Friends”.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 11:1.
Era (London) June 4, 1843: 6:1.
Era (London) June 11, 1848: 12:2.