VishMahabir posted:seignet posted:These government Black ppl missing the significance about the 1823 Demerara Rebellion. And Quamina was never involved in it, he tried talking them out of it. In the end, he agreed. But he was never involved in the Rebellion, his son was. Quamina had the last name of Gladstone, the same Gladstone who introduced indentureship to British Guiana.
It was a rebellion started by Church going slaves and was also put down by Church going House Slaves. What's to celebrate about that?
However, it was the punishment meeted out to the slaves at the Parade Grounds and the murder of John Smith that irated the British Public, boycott of West Indian product and the opening of markets to Indian products that forced the British Parliament to consider ending of West Indian Slavery.
Can you source this information about Quamina and the rebellion?
Thank you.
Most of that information was assembled by me back in 1979. I did a West Indian History Course as an Elective. The University Library had a collection of books on the Colony. I did a study beyond what was necessary, looking for information and putting it together.
Maybe Google would have something. I believe Odeen Ishmael may have written on the Demerara Rebellion. He wrote extensively on Guiana.