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''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
Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 9 January 2018. 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''.
''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
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
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patronage.Alexander Aikman senior.Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 9 January 2018. 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''.
See also
*History of Jamaican newspapers
In Colonial Jamaica, during the 18th and 19th centuries, there were a number of newspapers that represented the views of the white planters who owned slaves. These newspapers included the ''Royal Gazette, The Diary and Kingston Daily Advertiser, C ...
* List of newspapers in Jamaica
This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica:
* ''Daily Star''
*''The Daily Gleaner'', the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company, founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere
* ''The Ag ...
References
External links
*http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/gazettes.htm Publications established in 1779 Newspapers published in Jamaica 1770s establishments in the Caribbean {{Jamaica-stub