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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 16, 1845: 4:3.
Info in Record: Editorial urging France, Spain, Brazil to end slavery in their colonies
Era (London) July 22, 1849: 11:1.
Era (London) December 17, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) April 8, 1849: 12:1.
Era (London) April 23, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) November 25, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) April 25, 1847: 11:4.
Era (London) August 31, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) April 8, 1849: 1: 2.
Era (London) February 23, 1851: 13:4.
Info in Record: Other: other (Anecdote about a beggar decapitated by a Douree’s sword – “The very principle upon which gentlemen in England shoot their old pet-dogs and horses, and some tribes of Indians eat their grey-headed fathers and mothers.”)
Era (London) December 24, 1848: 1:1.
Era (London) January 14, 1849: 3:3.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) March 26, 1848: 8:2.
Era (London) January 23, 1848: 1:4.
Document Note: article reprinted (in this paper) on January 30 (8:3), February 6 (8:3), February 20 (8:2), 1848.
Era (London) October 8, 1843: 8:2.
Info in Record: Piece describing a deception perpetrated by a dark-skinned man (“in complexion almost a nigger”). This individual, referred to by the author as “the Dark Impostor”, falsely claimed to be the illegitimate son of Lord George Gordon.
Era (London) March 7, 1847: 8:1.
Era (London) January 19, 1851: 9:4.
Era (London) December 19, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 21, 1849: 3:4.
Era (London) November 23, 1851: 12:3.
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) July 30, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) March 9, 1851: 10:4.
Era (London) January 2, 1848: 10:3.
Info in Record: description of the comedy of Tom Cooke (“the most facetious of fiddlers”), including a sample of his jokes
Era (London) June 2, 1850: 1: 2.
Era (London) September 2, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) July 23, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) April 6, 1851: 11:4.
Era (London) March 5, 1848: 12:4.
Era (London) May 30, 1847: 11:1.
Era (London) February 17, 1845: 6:1.
Era (London) August 22, 1847: 11:2.
Era (London) May 14, 1848: 12:4.
Era (London) July 6, 1851: 15:1.
Era (London) March 1, 1846: 6:3.
Era (London) July 22, 1849: 11:2.
Era (London) December 17, 1848: 10:4.
Era (London) April 15, 1849: 13:3.
Era (London) August 16, 1846: 2:3.
Era (London) September 30, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) November 9, 1851: 1: 2.
Era (London) August 31, 1851: 11:2.
Info in Record: Piece discussing the dramatic entertainments on offer at Banbury, which notes that Othello is one of the stock pieces of the current season (specific performance dates not provided).
Era (London) November 25, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) June 7, 1846: 14:3.
Era (London) April 25, 1847: 11:4.
Era (London) May 18, 1851: 11:1.
Era (London) April 15, 1849: 12: 2-3.
Era (London) February 23, 1851: 10:4.
Era (London) January 14, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) June 25, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) March 19, 1843: 4:1.
Era (London) February 25, 1844 : 4:2.
Era (London) August 10, 1851: 5:2.
Era (London) March 7, 1847: 8:1.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 11:4.
Era (London) February 9, 1851: 11: 2-3.
Era (London) October 21, 1849: 11:2.
Era (London) January 19, 1851: 15:4.
Info in Record: Report on a shipwreck with a mulatto man one of three survivors.
Era (London) November 23, 1851: 12:3.
Era (London) July 21, 1844: 5:4-6:1.
Era (London) October 29, 1848: 10:4.
Info in Record: “Negro Comfort.” A ‘Sambo Negro’ joke in dialect.
Era (London) November 26, 1848: 12:4.
Era (London) September 27, 1846: 10:4.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) July 30, 1848: 15:4.
Era (London) June 18, 1843: 4:2.
Era (London) April 21, 1850: 12:1.
Era (London) February 2, 1851: 7:1.
Info in Record: Other: other (Article entitled “Another of the Beauties of American Slavery” about a Rev. J. McBride of North Carolina who was indicted for giving a young girl a copy of the Ten Commandments. )
Era (London) September 2, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) October 12, 1851: 12:1.
Era (London) December 28, 1851: 6:3.
Info in Record: News article about the sinking of a ship called the Tyendenaga en route from Quebec to London. Two “coloured” men (including the ship’s cook) are listed amongst the deceased.
Era (London) May 9, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) April 27, 1845: 4:1.
Era (London) August 22, 1847: 11:2.
Era (London) May 7, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) March 2, 1851: 11: 2.
Era (London) May 14, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) July 13, 1851: 8:3.
Info in Record: Another news article about the Kaffir War.
Era (London) July 22, 1849: 11:4.
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) April 22, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) July 4, 1852: 11:4.
Era (London) August 31, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) May 28, 1848: 10:4.
Info in Record: Description of, and poem about, the ritual of human sacrifice in Africa.
Era (London) November 25, 1849: 12:3.
Era (London) May 2, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 1:2.
Era (London) August 2, 1846: 8:1.
Era (London) July 30, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) October 17, 1847: 11:3.
Era (London) January 14, 1849: 12:1.
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) August 6, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) January 5, 1845: 6:2.
Era (London) March 16, 1851: 11:4.
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:1.
Era (London) August 10, 1851 : 12:3.
Era (London) December 5, 1847: 12:1.