The Royal Gazette was a Jamaican newspaper. It was founded in 1779[1] as The Jamaica Mercury, and Kingston Weekly Advertiser by David Douglass and William Aikman[2] and became The Royal Gazette in 1780 after it obtained government patronage.[3] It was aimed at the white planters and slave-owners on the island and in its early years often contained notices of escaped slaves.[4] It later became the Royal Gazette and Jamaica Times.[5]
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edit- ^ "The Jamaica mercury, and Kingston weekly advertiser". Library of Congress.
- ^ McMurtrie, Douglas Crawford. (1936). A History of Printing in the United States: Middle and South Atlantic States. Vol. 2. New York: R. R. Bowker Company. pp. 328–329.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Alexander Aikman senior. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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- ^ The Royal Gazette (Jamaica) -19 May 1781 Page 120. British Library. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "The Royal Gazette. - British Library".
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