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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.

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) 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) April 7, 1852: 107:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 18, 1852: 51:2-52:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 11, 1847: 399:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 6, 1844: 109:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 27, 1852: 343:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 26, 1851: 209:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) November 28, 1846: 380:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 18, 1847: 303:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 1, 1852: 383 :2.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 6, 1846: 181:2-182:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 15, 1847: 155:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 22, 1849: 62:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 17, 1847: 121:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 19, 1846: 402:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 8, 1845: 44:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 30, 1851: 363:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 18, 1847: 405:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 20, 1844: 127:1.
Info in Record: Gossip stub about Madame Cadotte’s marriage to the “interpreter of the party of Ojibbeway Indians.” Suggested that this may lead to her taking “a part in the exhibition of their interesting ceremonies”
Theatrical Journal (London) October 27, 1852: 342:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 7, 1850: 42:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 5, 1846: 385:1-386:2.
Info in Record: Continued description/discussion of Othello (the text itself, rather than any specific production of it).
Theatrical Journal (London) September 18, 1847: 303:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 4, 1849: 310:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 1, 1850: 347:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 13, 1849: 395:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 8, 1852: 385:2, 386:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 4, 1846: 210:2-211:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 15, 1847: 155:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 16, 1850: 166.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 17, 1847: 126:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 19, 1846: 405:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 15, 1845: 51:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 18, 1847: 407.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 17, 1844: 51:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 27, 1844: 132:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 25, 1844: 167:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 21, 1852: 22:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 12, 1846: 398:2.
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) November 1, 1849: 348:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 8, 1850: 356: 1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 8, 1852: 391:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 11, 1846: 220:1-221:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 16, 1851: 22:2.
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) May 10, 1849: 148:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 24, 1847: 130:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 18, 1852: 55:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 19, 1846: 405:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 29, 1845: 99:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 25, 1847: 412:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 22, 1844: 197:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 27, 1852: 339:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 19, 1846: 401:1-402:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 25, 1847: 310:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 15, 1850: 363:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 22, 1843: 226:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 8, 1852: 391:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 8, 1851: 151:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 11, 1846: 223:1.
Info in Record: A brief mention of T.D. Rice’s recent performances at the Greenwich (seems to be in New York).
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) February 22, 1849: 62:1, 62:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 26, 1846: 410:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 22, 1845: 95:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 25, 1847: 414:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 2, 1847: 2:1-3:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 29, 1844: 206:2.
Info in Record: Suggestion (in the “Chit Chat” section) that Mr. Dunn, “the celebrated English Jim Crow” will travel to America “at the suggestion of Mr. Rice.”
Theatrical Journal (London) March 27, 1851: 102:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 25, 1847: 311:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 15, 1852: 399:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 11, 1846: 223.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 29, 1847: 171:2-172:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 29, 1849: 97:1.
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) May 24, 1845: 162-163:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 21, 1850: 56:2.
Info in Record: notice that “Jim Crow Rice (the original Crow) is playing an engagement at the New York Museum”
Theatrical Journal (London) January 2, 1847: 6:2-7:1.
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) June 7, 1849: 179.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 27, 1852: 339:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 2, 1847: 317:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 13, 1850: 191: 1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 1, 1846: 242:1-243:1.
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) March 28, 1850: 103:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 24, 1847: 136:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 24, 1846: 29:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 26, 1845: 234:1.
Cover article about “the late Mr. T. Hood”, which includes the following comment: “His ‘Song of the Shirt’ held up to condemnation the merciless exactions of those who made fortunes by the toil and sufferings of fair slaves, and will be gratefully remembered.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 23, 1850: 167:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 23, 1850: 166:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 2, 1847: 8:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 7, 1844: 389:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 18, 1850: 231:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 20, 1852: 334:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) November 28, 1850: 484.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 2, 1847: 320:1-2.