Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Part of the Colony of Demerara From Mahaica Creek on the East Coast, to Plantation Friendship, ... 1823
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Accession Number:
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05684
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File Name:
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05684-1
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Call number:
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D824 B915
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Map title:
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Part of the Colony of Demerara From Mahaica Creek on the East Coast, to Plantation Friendship, ... 1823
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Place of Publication:
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[Demerara]
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Publisher:
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[A. Stevenson]
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Publication date:
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1823
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Map size height:
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20 cm.
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Map size width:
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22.2 cm.
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Item description:
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fold-out engraved map; frontispiece
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Geographical description:
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Map of the colony of Demerara. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scales in miles and roods, locations of canals, river, and plantations. Items are lettered and numbered for identification in Description of the Plates at end of book. Small crosses mark the places where slaves' heads or bodies were displayed.
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Source author:
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Bryant, Joshua
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Source title:
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Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, 1823.
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Source place:
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Demarara : A. Stevenson, 1824
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Historical notes:
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In August 1823, the enslaved Black people of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers. Present-day Demerara-Mahaica in Guyana contains Georgetown.
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Normalized date:
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1823
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Creator:
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Joshua Bryant
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