COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
05684
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05684
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Record number:
05684-10
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05684-10
Record number
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JCB call number:
D824 B915
jcb_call_no
D824 B915
JCB call number
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Image title:
The Indians.
image_title
The Indians.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Joshua Bryant
creator1
Joshua Bryant
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del. et sculp.
creator1_role
del. et sculp.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Demerara]
place_image_published
[Demerara]
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false
Image publisher:
[A. Stevenson]
image_publisher
[A. Stevenson]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1824]
image_date
[1824]
Image date
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Image function:
fold-out plate 10; following p. 72
image_function
fold-out plate 10; following p. 72
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11.8 cm.
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11.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.4 cm.
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17.4 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
13 cm.
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13 cm.
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Page dimension width:
19.5 cm.
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19.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Group of Native Americans carrying sticks forms a semi-circle around a European officer on horseback. Also includes Black woman and children [slaves], dog, gallows, poles, flags, tower, and palisade or fence.
description
Group of Native Americans carrying sticks forms a semi-circle around a European officer on horseback. Also includes Black woman and children [slaves], dog, gallows, poles, flags, tower, and palisade or fence.
Description
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Source creator:
Bryant, Joshua
source_creator
Bryant, Joshua
Source creator
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Source Title:
Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, 1823.
source_title
Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, 1823.
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
Demerara
source_place_of_publication
Demerara
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Source publisher:
A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown.
source_publisher
A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1824
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1824
Source date
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notes:
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. Description of Plates notes that a fort near Kingston Stelling is shown. Ten heads of rebel slaves are on the poles, and the gallows was erected for their "ring-leader" Paris. The tower served as a light house and location to place signals. The Native Americans are being reviewed by their Quarter-Master-General. Native Americans were sent out after the rebellion to round up the slaves who had escaped into the countryside. Quamina was killed by these slave catchers and his body later publicly hanged. Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara. Image placed horizontally on page. The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking.
notes
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. Description of Plates notes that a fort near Kingston Stelling is shown. Ten heads of rebel slaves are on the poles, and the gallows was erected for their "ring-leader" Paris. The tower served as a light house and location to place signals. The Native Americans are being reviewed by their Quarter-Master-General. Native Americans were sent out after the rebellion to round up the slaves who had escaped into the countryside. Quamina was killed by these slave catchers and his body later publicly hanged. Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara. Image placed horizontally on page. The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking.
notes
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Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Slave insurrections--Guyana
subject_heads
Slave insurrections--Guyana
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indigenous peoples
subject_heads
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings
false