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- ...there never was such a laugh as the laugh of Juba–there is in it the concentrated laugh of fifty comic pantomimes; it has no relation to the chuckle, and least of all to the famous horse-laugh: not a bit of it--it is a laugh distinct, a laugh apart, a laugh by itself--clear, ringing, echoing, resonant, harmonious, full of rejoicing and mighty mirth and fervent fun.
The Mirror and United Kingdom Magazine. July 1848
- His laugh rings through the gardens till the very arcades echo with its joyousness. It is the very “loud heart’s laugh” sung by Byron. Juba is an African Apollo, sings clearly as a lark and as soft as a ringdove; his volubility is marvellous; the words trip as merrily and as harmoniously as a peal of bells.
Sunday Times. June 25, 1848
