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The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the Gospel : who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro slaves : from a full and correct copy, transmitted to England by Mr. Smith's counsel, and including the documentary evidence omitted in the parliamentary copy : with an appendix : containing the letters and statements of Mrs. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Arrindell, &c. : and also, the society's petition to the House of Commons : the whole published under the authority of the directors of the said society.

Title: The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the Gospel : who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro slaves : from a full and correct copy, transmitted to England by Mr. Smith's counsel, and including the documentary evidence omitted in the parliamentary copy : with an appendix : containing the letters and statements of Mrs. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Arrindell, &c. : and also, the society's petition to the House of Commons : the whole published under the authority of the directors of the said society.
Author: London Missionary Society.
Publication: London : Published by F. Westley, Ave-Maria-Lane; sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; and L.B. Seeley, Fleet-Street, 1824.

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Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Use in library	Sc Rare E 17-7 (Lapidus Collection)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Description

vii, [1], 204 pages; 23 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

Slave insurrections > Guyana > Demerara
Guyana > History > 1803-1966
Missionaries > Guyana > Demerara
Trials (Conspiracy) > Guyana > Demerara
Smith, John, 1792?-1824 > Trials, litigation, etc
Slavery > Guyana > Demerara

Note

"London: Printed by W. Lewis, 21, Finch-Lane."--verso of title page.

Indexed In (note)

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Source (note)

from Arthur A. Schomburg;
of Sidney Lapidus;

Provenance (note)

is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.988-L (London Missionary Society. London Missionary Society's report...)

LCCN

03000059

OCLC

10690277

Author

London Missionary Society.

Title

The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the Gospel : who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro slaves : from a full and correct copy, transmitted to England by Mr. Smith's counsel, and including the documentary evidence omitted in the parliamentary copy : with an appendix : containing the letters and statements of Mrs. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Arrindell, &c. : and also, the society's petition to the House of Commons : the whole published under the authority of the directors of the said society.

Publisher

London : Published by F. Westley, Ave-Maria-Lane; sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; and L.B. Seeley, Fleet-Street, 1824.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 1311

Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834, page 342

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 82905

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.988-L (accession no. B541568) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Source

Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Copy in Sc Rare 326.988-L, Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2017. Copy in Sc Rare E 17-7 (Lapidus Collection), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Added Author

Lewis, W. (William), printer.

Westley, Francis (Bookseller), publisher.

Seeley, L. B. (Leonard Benton), 1831-1893, bookseller.

J. Hatchard and Son, bookseller.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.988-L (London Missionary Society. London Missionary Society's report...)

Sc Rare E 17-7 (Lapidus Collection)

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