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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) February 20, 1848: 12:2.
Era (London) September 17, 1843: 3:2.
Info in Record: News item about “an insurrection amongst the negroes” in St. Domingo, West Indies.
Era (London) January 5, 1851: 5:2.
Era (London) December 9, 1849: 12:3.
Era (London) May 9, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) March 31, 1850: 12: 4.
Era (London) August 24, 1851: 12:3.
Era (London) February 23, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) January 28, 1849: 12:4.
Era (London) February 18, 1844 : 6:1.
Era (London) October 22, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) September 14, 1851: 11.
Era (London) April 16, 1843: 4:1.
Info in Record: "United States". Short news report on the revolution in Hayti, where 14,000 men march on Port-au-Prince against 4000 government troops.
Era (London) November 4, 1849: 6:2.
Info in Record: A piece about a “negro” who preferred to protect his hat (rather than his head) from rain, because the hat is his own, while his “head belong to massa”.
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) April 11, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 5, 1851: 7:4.
Info in Record: Racist Joke entitled “Sambo” in the “Our Carpet Bag” section. Reads as follows: “Sambo, where did the Mexicans suffer the most? – ‘Why, in de feet’ (defeat)”.
Era (London) October 15, 1848: 12:2.
Era (London) April 7, 1850: 12: 3.
Era (London) November 14, 1847: 12;2.
Era (London) March 22, 1846: 6:1.
Era (London) January 19, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) August 3, 1851: 1:3.
Era (London) November 19, 1843: 6:2.
Era (London) February 7, 1847: 10:3.
Era (London) September 16, 1849: 11:3.
Era (London) January 18, 1852: 11:4.
Era (London) April 13, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) March 12, 1848: 11:2.
Era (London) June 27, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) August 4, 1850: 11: 2.
Era (London) January 25, 1846: 6:2.
Era (London) August 8, 1847: 7:1.
Era (London) December 10, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) June 22, 1851: 9:4.
Era (London) July 23, 1848: 10:4.
Era (London) August 5, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) May 14, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) March 30, 1851: 11: 2.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Dramatic Days & Times: “since the opening” Venue Name: “Spalding” Other Acts on Bill: “Alice Gray, and Hamlet” Program Info: “The Jewess” Other: audience Info About Other Categories: Other Venue Info (atmosphere; proprietor – “Mr. J. Douglass”)
Era (London) December 28, 1845: 6:1.
Era (London) March 3, 1844: 4:2.
Era (London) December 9, 1849: 12:3.
Era (London) September 13, 1846: 10:2.
Era (London) May 9, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 10:4.
Info in Record: Description of old “King’s Theatre” that originally stood on present site in Drury Lane; excerpt from the Gentleman’s Magazine.
Era (London) November 15, 1846: 11:2.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 15:4.
Era (London) October 3, 1847: 12:1.
Era (London) January 9, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) November 19, 1848: 12:2.
Era (London) May 28, 1848: 10:4.
Info in Record: Description of, and poem about, the ritual of human sacrifice in Africa.
Era (London) February 4, 1849: 1:3.
Era (London) February 11, 1844: 3:2.
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 26, 1846: 6:2.
Era (London) October 22, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) October 18, 1846: 10:1.
Era (London) December 2, 1849: 12:1.
Era (London) November 25, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) June 2, 1844: 6:1.
Era (London) August 17, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) November 4, 1849: 7:2.
Info in Record: Account of the attempted escape of eight slaves in Hawesville, Kentucky.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 15:4.
Era (London) April 11, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 5, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) September 28, 1851
Era (London) November 21, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) December 7, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) February 27, 1848: 8:3.
Era (London) April 5, 1846: 4:2.
Document Note: reprinted (in this paper) on April 12, 1846 (p4)
Era (London) February 19, 1843: 4:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper), with slight variations, on Feburary 26, 1843 (4;1).
Era (London) May 4, 1851: 9:2.
Info in Record: News article discussing American Slavery. Notes that there are “nearly 3 million ‘darkies’ in the States”, and that the current situation might lead to trouble down the road.
Era (London) March 9, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) February 7, 1847: 10:3.
Era (London) September 23, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) February 1, 1852: 11:3.
Era (London) December 7, 1851: 2:3.
Info in Record: News article about “The Kafir War”
Era (London) June 27, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) January 19, 1851: 12:1.
Era (London) August 8, 1847: 7:2.
Era (London) December 24, 1848: 1:3.
Era (London) June 22, 1851: 10:1.
Info in Record: Review of performances by an amateur company associated with “The Guild of Literature and Art”. The author makes a joke about amateurs’ tendency to misrepresent characters by suggesting that, amongst other things, such companies might present viewers with “an Ethiopian Romeo”.
Era (London) March 5, 1848: 12:2.
Era (London) August 5, 1849: 1:3.
Era (London) March 26, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) May 14, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) November 24, 1844: 6:2.
Era (London) July 9, 1843: 4:1.
Era (London) July 26, 1846: 13:3.
Era (London) January 26, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) January 11, 1846: 6:1.
Era (London) September 28, 1851: 11:4.
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) December 16, 1849: 12:2-3.
Era (London) April 14, 1850: 12:3.
Era (London) May 9, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 10:3.
Era (London) January 5, 1845: 4:1.
Info in Record: Editorial about the attempted annexation of Texas by the US. Objects to the US annexing Texas as ‘the Slave Trade would be encouraged there to an unlimited extent, and the dollar loving souls of the Americans would gloat alike in profits of land and human blood.”
Era (London) August 24, 1851: 12;2.
Era (London) March 19, 1848: 11:4.