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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 9, 1851: 5:4.
Era (London) July 1, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) October 7, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) November 23, 1845: 6:4.
Info in Record: Biographical article on the life of the African Roscius)
Era (London) November 16, 1851: 11:4.
Era (London) October 13, 1844: 6:1.
Era (London) May 23, 1852: 11:2.
Era (London) April 27, 1851: 12:3.
Era (London) January 22, 1843: 6:3.
Era (London) May 18, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) January 5, 1851: 10:4.
Info in Record: mention of “Domingo da Salva, and Jose da Costa, negro sailors, executed at Brest, for murder of the captain of the brig Adele, during the shipwreck of that vessel on the coast of Africa.”
Era (London) April 19, 1846: 6:2.
Era (London) July 11, 1847: 11:3.
Era (London) June 25, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) November 5, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) December 7, 1851: 11:1.
Era (London) August 26, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) January 24, 1847: 8:3.
Document Note: Repeated, with slight variations, (in this paper) on January 31 and February 7 (both 8:3).
Era (London) March 17, 1844: 12:4.
div class="noteheading">Info in Record: Description of American Indians in a sporting event: “SPORTING IN AMERICA. He was a tall, well-shaped fellow, with that wild light peculiar to the Indians of the mountains in his eye,…”
Era (London) February 9, 1845: 4:1.
Era (London) April 6, 1851: 1:2.
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) September 12, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) July 21, 1844: 5:4-6:1.
Era (London) December 30, 1849: 14:2.
Era (London) July 20, 1851: 6:4.
Info in Record: News article about an inquest into the death of Mrs. Sophia Burford. The author notes that “Thomas Sutton, said to be Sambo Sutton” was called as a witness.
Era (London) July 15, 1849: 1:3.
Era (London) April 30, 1848: 12:4.
Era (London) March 18, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) November 1, 1846: 10:2.
Era (London) April 21, 1850: 12:1.
Era (London) November 18, 1849: 15:4.
Era (London) April 25, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) September 9, 1849: 11:3.
Era (London) May 18, 1851: 4:1.
Era (London) May 18, 1845: 3:2.
Era (London) October 24, 1847: 10:3.
Info in Record: A brief example of supposed “negro dialogue”, written in the “slave dialect” common to blackface minstrel performances. The same excerpt was also printed in The Era on May 28, 1843 (6:3).
Era (London) November 2, 1845: 6:1.
Era (London) December 10, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) January 7, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) December 21, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) February 9, 1851: 12: 1.
Era (London) October 26, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) January 19, 1851: 7:1.
Info in Record: Piece in the “Our Carpet Bag” section, which contains the following: “There is a plantation for sale in Louisiana the advertisement stating it to be just below the Devil’s Elbow”.
Era (London) June 8, 1845: 3:1.
Info in Record: poem in which “Robert Rose, the Bard of Color” depicts “the phases of the Fancy Ball as they presented themselves to the ‘Man of Color.’”
Era (London) June 18, 1848: 13:1.
Era (London) March 21, 1847: 8:1.
Era (London) April 15, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) December 12, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 14, 1849: 12:1.
Era (London) November 16, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) May 30, 1852: 1:2.
Era (London) March 19, 1848: 8:1.
Era (London) April 27, 1851: 12:3.
Era (London) August 2, 1846: 8:1.
Era (London) June 15, 1851: 1:3.
Era (London) June 9, 1844: 3:1.
Era (London) March 4, 1849: 12:3.
Era (London) July 25, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 25, 1846: 10:3.
Era (London) August 26, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) January 24, 1847: 10:2.
Era (London) January 5, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) May 30, 1847: 8:3.
Info in Record: Ad for an “American Drawing Room” at the Garrick’s Head, London. Promises “fair attendants – not ‘Buffalo Gals,’ but young ladies – attentive, polite and noiseless.”
Era (London) September 20, 1846: 14:3.
Info in Record: Report of “a man of colour, [Charles Pelli] who obtains a livelihood by singing ‘nigger’ songs in the streets” being charged for drunkenly assaulting a police officer. Transcripts from his arrest read as follows: “Prisoner: It is owing to de Leger, good massa magistrate, dat me get drunk. Magistrate: The Leger? What have you to do with that? Prisoner: Me tell you, massa; two pot boys won 15s, on de Sir Tatton Syke, and dey stood some gin, because ob dere good luck; me took too much, and got berry bad headache now; me sorry for it.” The man was charged five shillings)
Era (London) September 12, 1847: 11:2.
Era (London) July 20, 1851: 13:1.
Era (London) July 15, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) December 31, 1848: 11:3.
Era (London) August 25, 1850: 12:2.
Era (London) May 21, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) March 25, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) August 4, 1844: 3:1.
Info in Record: News article about Natives plundering and burning two sea vessels and massacring the crews
Era (London) November 9, 1845: 6:3.
Era (London) August 2, 1846: 13:1.
Info in Record: Report on Jim Crow’s health: “the celebrated ‘Jim Crow,’ has been deprived of speech and the use of his limbs by a stroke of paralysis.”
Era (London) August 24, 1851: 11:4.
Era (London) November 25, 1849: 1:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper), with slight variations, on December 2, 1849 (1:1).
Era (London) August 27, 1848: 11:3.
Era (London) April 25, 1847: 8:2.
Info in Record: Advertisement by “Mr. John Lee, Dramatic Agent”, which claims that all bookings for the Female American Serenaders must be made through him.
Era (London) September 7, 1851: 1:4.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) October 31, 1847: 11:4.
Era (London) November 26, 1848: 12:4.
Era (London) January 7, 1849: 1:3.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper), with slight variations, on January 14 (1:3), 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25 (all 1:2), March 11, 18 (both 1:3), 25 (1:4) and April 1 (1:2).
Era (London) September 8, 1844 : 4:1.
Era (London) September 14, 1851: 11: 4.
Era (London) January 5, 1845: 6:2.
Era (London) November 2, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) March 12, 1843: 5:4.
Era (London) August 10, 1851: 1:4.
Era (London) July 4, 1852: 11:4.
Era (London) March 21, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) March 21, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) August 6, 1848: 11:3.
Era (London) December 20, 1846: 8:2.
Document Note: reprinted (in this paper) on December 27, 1846 (p8)
Era (London) December 12, 1847: 12:2.
Era (London) May 13, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) October 14, 1849: 12:1.
Era (London) November 8, 1848: 11:1.