The Royal Gazette (Jamaica)

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]

Page from The Royal Gazette, 19 May 1781, featuring notices of escaped slaves.

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References
  1. "The Jamaica mercury, and Kingston weekly advertiser". Library of Congress.
  2. 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)
  3. Alexander Aikman senior. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. The Royal Gazette (Jamaica) -19 May 1781 Page 120. British Library. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. "The Royal Gazette. - British Library".


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