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Various papers relating to the case against Rev John Smith, LMS missionary, who was implicated in the Demerara Rebellion of 1823, and who died during his imprisonment whilst waiting for an appeal against the death sentence, on 6 February 1824. Many of the papers appear to have been collected together by D. Chamberlin; David Chamberlin wrote 'Smith of Demerara : martyr-teacher of the slaves' (London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1924).
Box 1:
Papers re. case of William Rough, Serjeant at Law, Demerara, 1822-24;
Papers relating to the case against John Smith
Box 4:
John Smith 1: Mss., letters, papers etc. relating to case of LMS missionary John Smith
Box 5:
John Smith 2: Colonial newspapers covering Smith Case: 'The Colonist', 'The Royal Gazette', 'The Barbadian', 'The Berbice Royal Gazette' and 'New Amsterdam Advertiser', 'The Guiana Chronicle' and 'Demerara Gazette', 1823-24
Box 6:
John Smith 3: British newspapers covering Smith Case: 'The New Times', 'John Bull', and various provincial papers, 1823-24
Box 7:
John Smith 4:
Papers collected by D. C. Chamberlin on John Smith:
Notebook, letters to H. Keep regarding the possibility of two John Smiths;
'The Guiana Chronicle' and 'Demerera Gazette', 27 Feb 1824;
Mss. notes 'Relation of the Revolt of the Slaves, 1820-21;
Pages of printed text from a children's book which the first printing in Georgetown
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