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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.

"The Tabernacle Sunday-schools”. . The Sunday-school Magazine NS 2 (February 1849): 56-7.
Swansea Marina Website. 03/09/2008 (http://www.swanseamarina.org.uk/index.cfm?Articleid=3868)
"A little too much of what we fancy”. Telegraph (Online). August 11, 2001. 03/22/2008 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2001/08/11/pglouc11.xml)
Theatre Cuttings, British Library Th.Cut. 50 [46]. (October 31, 1842).
Theatre Cuttings, British Library Th.Cut. 50 [48]. (February 16, 1843).
Theatre Cuttings, British Library Th.Cut. 50 [49]. (February 16, 1843).
Theatre Royal Haymarket Website. 09/27/2008 (http://www.trh.co.uk/)
Theatre Royal Newcastle Website. 03/13/2008 (http://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/about_us/history.html)
Theatre Royal, Brighton Home Page. 05/19/2008 (http://www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyal/index.html)
Theatres in Victorian London Website. 05/22/2008 (http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/theaters/pva234.html)
Theatres Trust Website. 03/06/2008 (http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk)
Theatrical Journal (London) August 10, 1844: 255:1.
Info in Record: Paragraph in the ‘County Theatres’ section about Mr. W. Robertson’s failed theatrical campaign. Suggests that an actor named Rogers “can play anything from Hamlet and Othello to Gabriel Homespun and Jim Crow.”
Theatrical Journal (London) July 10, 1851: 225:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 25, 1849: 339:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 13, 1847: 295:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 31, 1846: 36:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 15, 1847: 153-4.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 16, 1850: 167.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 4, 1849: 1:2, 2:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 10, 1847: 120:2.
Document Note: Reprinted (with slight variations) in this paper on April 17, 1847 (128:1).
Theatrical Journal (London) December 12, 1846: 398:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 19, 1851: 202:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 11, 1847: 399:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 15, 1846: 263:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 7, 1844: 389:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 18, 1847: 303:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) November 5, 1851: 370:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 7, 1846: 43:2-45.
Info in Record: ”Tales of the Drama, By an Old Stager. No. IV. – The Jealous Husband”. The first installment of a (seemingly fictional) story about a jealous, Othello-like actor.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 19, 1849: 224:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 15, 1847: 155:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 2, 1852: 171:1-172:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 22, 1852: 406:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 17, 1847: 121:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 19, 1846: 402:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 18, 1847: 405:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 29, 1843: 132:2, 133:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 28, 1852: 240:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 14, 1852: 14:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 15, 1846: 263:1.
Info in Record: ’Chit Chat’ item, which claims that “Mr. Rice, the celebrated ‘Jim Crow,’ has been deprived of speech and the use of his limbs, by a stroke of paralysis.”
Theatrical Journal (London) August 22, 1846: 266:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 18, 1845: 23:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 18, 1847: 303:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 8, 1851: 151:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 7, 1846: 47:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 28, 1850: 103:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 15, 1847: 155:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 17, 1847: 126:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 19, 1846: 405:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 18, 1847: 407.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 1, 1843: 204:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 22, 1846: 267:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 18, 1847: 306:2.
Document Note: Reprinted (with slight variations) in this paper on September 25, 1847 (314:2)
Theatrical Journal (London) February 14, 1846: 55:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 19, 1849: 225:2, 226:1 .
Theatrical Journal (London) May 22, 1847: 161-2.
Info in Record: Piece entitled ‘The English Serenader’, which compares British Ballad singers to blackface minstrels. Notes the popularity of minstrelsy at the time, and lists 10 blackface troupes currently performing in London.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 17, 1850: 434:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 29, 1852: 409:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 24, 1847: 130:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 19, 1846: 405:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 3, 1844: 38:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 25, 1847: 412:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 22, 1852: 299:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 5, 1846: 286:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 10, 1850: 426:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 8, 1851: 149:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 28, 1852: 239:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 25, 1847: 310:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 7, 1852: 107:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 21, 1846: 63:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 22, 1847: 165:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 24, 1847: 135:1.
Info in Record: Brief note: “We have been requested to contradict the following statements:…That the Female Ethiopians have just arrived from America; and it is also untrue that they were seen purchasing a bottle of Everett’s Premier in the Waterloo Road.”
Theatrical Journal (London) December 26, 1846: 410:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 25, 1847: 414:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 12, 1846: 294:2-295:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 25, 1847: 311:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 30, 1851: 363:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 28, 1846: 68:2-69:1.
Info in Record: Piece bemoaning the furor for ‘popular’ American entertainments, including dioramas, risqué tableaux vivans, exhibitions of dwarves, etc. The author claims, “more troops [sic[ of trans-Atlantic melodists (as if one had not heard and seen enough of them ere this) still come pouring in to inundate the metropolis with their Yankee ditties”.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 29, 1847: 171:2-172:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 24, 1847: 135:1.
Info in Record: Brief note under “Theatricals and Music in America”: “Christy’s Minstrels are at present in this city [Boston]. They have become great favourites in their line.”
Theatrical Journal (London) January 2, 1847: 2:1-3:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 26, 1846: 309:2-310:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 2, 1847: 317:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 22, 1849: 59:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 28, 1846: 69-70.
Info in Record: An anecdote about a stage-struck boarding school boy from the author’s youth. Amongst other things, the author claims, this boy disturbed his classmates by blacking up and playing out the murder scene from Othello.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 29, 1847: 172:1.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Female American Serenaders” Days & Times: “during the present term” (rumoured performances) Venue Name: Oxford Other: (mentions that the Vice Chancellor’s approval is necessary for the Serenaders to perform)
Theatrical Journal (London) December 1, 1852: 378:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 24, 1847: 136:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 2, 1847: 6:2-7:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 26, 1846: 310:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 23, 1850: 167:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 28, 1852: 239: 2.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 2, 1847: 320:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 21, 1846: 92:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 9, 1849: 252:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 29, 1847: 175:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 22, 1852: 402:2, 403:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 8, 1849: 78:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 2, 1847: 8:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 25, 1845: 28:2.
Info in Record: Discussion of performances by Mr. Dunn – “the English Jim Crow” in New York, Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia. Suggests that he has been “tolerably successful in his engagements”
Theatrical Journal (London) September 26, 1846: 313:1.