The Royal Gazette was a Jamaican newspaper. It was founded in 1779 as The Jamaica Mercury, and Kingston Weekly Advertiser by David Douglass and William Aikman and became The Royal Gazette in 1780 after it obtained government patronage. It was aimed at the white planters and slave-owners on the island and in its early years often contained notices of escaped slaves. It later became the Royal Gazette and Jamaica Times.
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References
- "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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