The Royal Gazette (Jamaica) Explained

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]

See also

• History of Jamaican newspapers
• List of newspapers in Jamaica

External links

• http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/gazettes.htm

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Jamaica mercury, and Kingston weekly advertiser . .
2. Book: McMurtrie, Douglas Crawford.. A History of Printing in the United States: Middle and South Atlantic States. 1936. R. R. Bowker Company. Vol. 2. New York. 328–329. en.
3. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/15301 Alexander Aikman senior.
4. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/carviews/t/022trgj19051781u00120000.html The Royal Gazette (Jamaica) -19 May 1781 Page 120.
5. Web site: The Royal Gazette. - British Library .