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Descripción : [ Subject to Vat ] British Guyana. List of Slaves belonging to Plantation Endraght and Mon Repos in the lawful possession of Frederick Cort, Attorney, of John Wilson, Executor, of Joseph Hamer, deceased, 31st May 1823, listing in tabular form the names of approx. 200 slaves including details of sex, colour, age, bodily marks, employment, condition and country, a little soiling, two leaves, and at head of first leaf the heading 'The Schedule above referred to', together with six further leaves only and presumably from the same document, numbered 8-11, 13 & 15, with the family name Hamer predominant, some soiling, all ruled in red with circular ink stamp 'Formaat-Zegel, Zuid Brabind' to left margins, 58 x 68 cm Although the document appears incomplete, the list of slaves is complete and of interest in itself. This document was completed just weeks before the start of one of the most massive slave rebellions in the history of the western hemisphere. On 17th August 1823 nearly 12,000 slaves took up arms against their masters in what is known as the Demerara Slave Revolt. The rebellion started on Plantation Success, which belonged to John Gladstone (father of the future British Prime Minister, and whose name appears on page 9 of this document). It spread to about sixty plantations along the East Coast of what is now Guyana. Unlike the earlier rebellion of 1762, this one involved African and Creole slaves and its leadership is attributed to a white man, Reverend John Smith. The slave list here includes both African and Creole (i.e. Demerara born) slaves, many of whom would have been involved in the rebellion in August. The revolt was very significant in terms of its impact on the anti-slavery campaign in Britain, helping attract attention to the evils of slavery and to the need to abolish it. (8)
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