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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) May 6, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) October 8, 1843: 2:2-3.
Info in Record: Description (from the Memoirs of Robert William Elliston) of an accident which took place during a performance of ‘The Castle Spectre’ in Buxton. On this occasion, an actor playing a “black slave” role became trapped in and inadvertently pulled down the scenery.
Era (London) December 2, 1849: 10:1.
Info in Record: A piece recounting the verdict at an inquest following the death of “a female slave, whipped to death by her master” (in Boston).
Era (London) August 30, 1846: 8:1.
Era (London) May 2, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) August 31, 1851: 5:4.
Info in Record: Piece about an upcoming boxing match in Birmingham, which mentions a venue (likely a tavern) called “the Jim Crow, Hill-street”.
Era (London) February 23, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) May 28, 1848: 12:3.
Era (London) January 14, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) February 2, 1845: 4:1.
Era (London) October 1, 1848: 12:1.
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) August 20, 1848: 11:3.
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) May 4, 1851: 1:1.
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) November 28, 1847: 12:1.
Era (London) August 4, 1844: 5:4.
Era (London) October 21, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) November 30, 1851: 12:3.
Era (London) September 8, 1844 : 5:3-4.
Era (London) June 8, 1851: 1:2.
Era (London) May 3, 1846: 6:2.
Document Note: reprinted (in this paper) on May 10 and 17 1846 (both p6), with dates changed accordingly
Era (London) July 4, 1847: 11:3.
Era (London) December 17, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) January 31, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) September 9, 1849: 2:4.
Info in Record: A curious addition at the bottom of a page, which reads as follows: “Darkness. A blind Ethiopian, in a dark cellar, at midnight, looking for a black cat”.
Era (London) October 19, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) December 21, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) July 30, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) June 6, 1847: 11:2.
Era (London) March 2, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) December 24, 1848: 1:1.
Era (London September 3, 1848: 9:4, 10:1-2.
Info in Record: 2.5 columns dedicated to the call for free-grown sugar in an effort to end "the hateful trade." Of interest: Detailed description of inhumane conditions on slavers (boats) for Africans.
Era (London) April 16, 1848: 11:3.
Info in Record: Disgruntled letters sent to the Editor of The Era, from G.V. Brooke the actor, and Webster, Mgr of the Theatre Royal. Of interest: the financial details of a name actor’s contract with a theatrical establishment
Era (London) June 29, 1851: 10:3.
Era (London) July 22, 1849: 13:2.
Info in Record: Reprinting of a conundrum from a New York Paper, which is written in “minstrel dialect”.
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) March 12, 1848: 11:2.
Era (London) September 7, 1851: 6:4.
Era (London) December 2, 1849: 11:4.
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) September 30, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) October 10, 1847: 11:4.
Era (London) April 9, 1848: 10:4.
Info in Record: Argument for the Abolition movement with one black man Charles, slave to David Adams, as example.
Era (London) November 26, 1848: 12:4.
Era (London) January 21, 1849: 10:4.
Era (London) November 1, 1846: 10:2.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 11:1.
Era (London) October 8, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) February 1, 1846: 6:2.
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) February 25, 1844 : 4:2.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 19, 1851: 1:2.
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) October 21, 1849: 11:1.
Era (London) December 14, 1851: 12:3.
Era (London) April 7, 1850: 12:2.
Era (London) July 27, 1851: 12:4.
Era (London) August 17, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) March 9, 1851: 11:1.
Era (London) December 17, 1848: 10:4.
Era (London) January 31, 1847: 10:4.
Era (London) March 29, 1846: 12:4.
Era (London) September 9, 1849: 5:2.
Era (London) August 4, 1850: 11:2.
Era (London) January 12, 1851: 1:3.
Era (London) April 6, 1851: 12:1.
Era (London) June 6, 1847: 11:3.
Era (London) June 23, 1850: 12: 1.
Era (London) April 19, 1846: 6:2.
Era (London) March 2, 1851: 11:3.
Era (London) February 4, 1849: 12: 3.
Era (London) June 22, 1851: 11:2-3.
Era (London) July 29, 1849: 4:1.
Era (London) May 7, 1848: 1:4.
Era (London) May 20, 1849: 1:1.
Era (London) March 30, 1851: 11:1.
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) 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) December 2, 1849: 12:1.
Era (London) September 13, 1846: 10:2.
Era (London) May 2, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) May 25, 1851: 10:2.
Era (London) October 10, 1847: 11:4.
Era (London) August 31, 1851: 11:4.
Era (London) November 12, 1848: 12:2.
Era (London) June 4, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) January 21, 1849: 11:3.
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) January 19, 1851: 8:4.
Info in Record: Article on residents of Hobart Town Australia arguing against the admittance of more convicts. Reporter compares their protest (as descendants of convicts themselves) to “a mulatto expressing his disgust at the presence of a ‘nigger’ in a room.”
Era (London) October 8, 1848: 12:2.
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) September 13, 1846: 8:1.
Era (London) August 25, 1844: 5:4.