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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.

University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (TR Bristol) - September 9, 1846
University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (Adelphi) - January 16, 1843
University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (Victoria Theatre) - September 28, 1844
University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (Victoria Theatre) - March 26, 1844
University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (Victoria Theatre) - November 4, n.d.
University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (Assembly Rooms) - October 4, 1849
University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (Vauxhall) - August 25, 1845
University of Washington - Royal City of London Theatre Website. 09/14/2008 (http://web.archive.org/web/20031011031953/artsci.washington.edu/drama-phd/irrephp.html)
Vauxhall and Kennington Website. 02/21/2008 (http://www.vauxhallandkennington.org.uk/sgdetail.shtml)
viaLibri Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.vialibri.net/item_pg/1265355.htm)
Vickers, Graham. Classical Music Landmarks of London. London: Omnibus Press, 2001.
Vickers, J. Edward. A Popular History of Sheffield. East Ardsley, Wakefield: EP Publishing Limited, 1978.
Walford, Edward. Old and New London Vol. 4 (1878). Reproduced at British History Online. 03/21/2008 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=342)
Walford, Edward. Old and New London Vol. 6 (1878). Reproduced at British History Online. 03/23/2008 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=344)
Walford, Edward. Old and New London Vol. 5 (1878). Reproduced at British History Online. 05/20/2008 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=343)
Watkin, David. Regency: A Guide and Gazetteer. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982.
Weale, John. Pictorial Handbook of London. London: G. Woodfall and Son, 1854.
Weale, John. Pictorial Handbook of London. London: H.G. Bohn, 1854.
Weekly Chronicle (London) June 24, 1848: 7.
Document Note: Listing repeated on June 25 (in this paper)
Weekly Chronicle (London) July 23, 1848: 8.
Performance Type Indicated: Dramatic Troupe Name as Given: "Ceda" "Virginian Harmonists" Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: "Ceda" Days & Times Given: "To-morrow (Monday), and during the Week" Other Acts on Bill Listed: "the drama founded on "The Drunkard's Children: Basil and Barbara Milford by Mr. J.T. Johnson and Miss Vincent" "in two acts (...) Barrington the Pickpocket, or the Irish Dick Turpin" Other Info in Record: programme (general): "Ceda in his grand Juba dance" ticket info: "Boxes, 1s; Half price, 6d; Pit, 6d; Gallery, 3d" troupe moniker (Virginian Harmonists): "Free Darkies of the Northern States" Ceda: moniker ("the renowned Juba dancer", "the inimitable Ceda") slogan ("challenging the world to competition")
Weekly Chronicle (London) August 26, 1848: 7.
Document Note: Listing repeated on August 27 (in this paper)
Weekly Chronicle (London) June 18, 1848: ?.
Weekly Chronicle (London) June 17, 1848: 7.
Document Note: Listing repeated on June 18 (in this paper)
Weekly Dispatch (London) June 11, 1848: ?.
Weekly Dispatch (London) June 25, 1848
Weekly Dispatch (London) June 18, 1848: ?.
Weekly Dispatch (London) June 25, 1848: ?.
Weekly Dispatch (London) July 2, 1848: ?.
Document Note: All Info as in July 1 listing in Britannia (London)
Welland School of Dancing Website. 03/13/2008 (http://www.wellandschoolofdancing.co.uk/index.asp)
Wheatley, Henry B. Round About Piccadilly and Pall Mall; or, a Ramble from the Haymarket to Hyde Park. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1870.
White, William. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire. 4th ed. Sheffield: William White, 1882.
White, Wm. General Directory. p15. Transcribed in University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection (KB/3).
Williams, Ned. “Variety Was Always The Same: Wolverhampton’s Theatres – Beyond the World of the Grand”.(Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society Website). 03/20/2008 (http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Theatres/Theatres.htm)
Wolverhampton Chronicle December 27, 1848: 3: 3.
Wolverhampton Chronicle December 22, 1848: 2: 1.
Wolverhampton Chronicle December 27, 1848: 2: 3.
Info in source TBA: not fully transcribed
Wolverhampton Chronicle and General Advertiser December 20, 1848: 2:1.
Wolverhampton City Council Website – History of Wolverhampton. 03/20/2008 (http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/leisure/theatres)
Wright, Charles. The History and Description of Arundel Castle, Sussex. 2nd ed. London: printed for the Author, 1818.
Wyatt, Benjamin Dean. Observations on the design for the Theatre Royal, Drury lane, as executed in 1812. London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1813.
Yates, Edmund Hodgson. The Business of Pleasure. London: G. Routledge, 1879.
Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Minstrelsy Folder 2, Unidentified Clipping