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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) August 15, 1846: 262:2-263:1.
Info in Record: Reprint of a notice (originally from a French paper), which suggests that Van Amburgh died after being mauled by a tiger during a performance in Voonsucket, U.S. in early June, 1846.
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) October 6, 1852: 314: 2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 18, 1847: 300:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 24, 1846: 31:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 17, 1852: 82:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 8, 1847: 149:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 15, 1852: 399:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 10, 1847: 116:2-117:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 4, 1847: 394:2.
Document Note: Reprinted (with slight variations) in this paper on December 11, 1847. Info in Record: Advertisement for Sheet Music: “The Nigger’s History of the World,” written by Mr. R.W. Pelham.
Theatrical Journal (London) August 15, 1846: 263:1.
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) July 10, 1851: 225:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 13, 1847: 295:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) October 25, 1849: 339:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 31, 1846: 36:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 4, 1852: 38:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 15, 1847: 153-4.
Theatrical Journal (London) January 4, 1849: 1:2, 2:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 13, 1851: 87:1-2.
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) July 28, 1852: 240:1.
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) January 14, 1852: 14:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 7, 1844: 389:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 18, 1847: 303:2.
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) November 5, 1851: 370:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) May 15, 1847: 155:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 19, 1849: 224:2.
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) 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) October 31, 1850: 450:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 7, 1846: 47:1.
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) March 1, 1849: 64:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 18, 1847: 407.
Theatrical Journal (London) July 1, 1843: 204:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) December 25, 1847: 412:1-2.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 22, 1852: 299:2.
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) 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) July 19, 1849: 225:2, 226:1 .
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) December 25, 1847: 414:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 5, 1846: 286:1.
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) June 26, 1851: 205:2, 206:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) February 21, 1846: 63:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) April 7, 1852: 107:2.
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) January 2, 1847: 2:1-3:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) June 26, 1851: 209:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 12, 1846: 294:2-295:1.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 1, 1849: 68.
Theatrical Journal (London) September 25, 1847: 311:1.
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) October 30, 1851: 363:2.
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) July 23, 1851: 240:2.
Theatrical Journal (London) March 24, 1852: 91:2.
Theatrical Journal 1852 - Summary.
Theatrical Observer (London) January 20, 1844: 1.
Info in Record: Description of performance of "Ole Bull, extraordinary genius of the violin" followed by positive review from Philadelphia.
Theatrical Observer (London) February 9, 1844: 1.
Theatrical Observer (London) September 6, 1844: 3.
Theatrical Observer (London) September 9, 1844: 1.
Theatrical Observer (London) January 3, 1844: 2.
Info in Record: Small editorial on the Macready’s empty houses and the public predilection for musical artists.
Theatrical Observer (London) September 16, 1844: 1.
Theatrical Observer (London) September 7, 1844: 3.
Theatrical Observer (London) January 22, 1844: 1.
Theatrical Observer (London) October 23, 1844: 3.
Document Note: playbill reprinted (in this paper) on October 25, 30, November 1, 6, 8, 12, 14, 22, 23, 28 (all p3)
Theatrical Observer (London) May 1, 1844: 1.
Info in Record: Comment that "Ole Bull" the Fiddler is a greater sensation than "eminent tragedian Macready".
Theatrical Observer (London) July 17, 1844: 1.
Theatrical Observer (London) September 2, 1844: 1.
Theatrical Observer (London) October 5, 1844: 1.
Document Note: playbill reprinted (in this paper) on October 10, 14 (both p1)
Theatrical Observer (London) September 5, 1844: 1.
Theatrical Observer (London) May 1, 1844: 1.
Info in Record: Discussion of the state of the Theatre in America
Theatrical Observer (London) January 24, 1844: 2.
Info in Record: Mention that "Ole Bull" and his violin all the rage in America, playing to large crowds.
Theatrical Observer (London) June 5, 1844: 1 .