Berbice royal gazette, and New Amsterdam advertiser
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Material Information

Title:
Berbice royal gazette, and New Amsterdam advertiser
Donor:
Council for World Mission [a deposit collection]
Place of Publication:
[New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guiana]
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Dutch

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Smith, John, 1792?-1824 ( LCNAF )
Antislavery movements ( LCSH )
Antislavery movements -- Sources ( LCSH )
Slavery ( LCSH )
South America -- Berbice
Genre:
newspaper ( sobekcm )
newspaper ( marcgt )
Spatial Coverage:
South America -- Guyana -- East Berbice-Corentyne -- New Amsterdam
Coordinates:
6.25 x -57.516667

Notes

General Note:
This issue was published on 8 May 1824
General Note:
This particular copy was collected by the Council for World Mission / London Missionary Society archive : the West Indies & British Guiana Odds : John Smith Case Papers. John Smith, missionary affiliated with the London Missionary Society, was found guilty at a court martial in 1824 of 'conspiracy and rebellion' in relation to his anti-slavery activities and specifically a slave revolt. Following his death while imprissoned, Smith became known as the "Demerara Martyr". For additonal information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(missionary)
General Note:
Primarily in English, with some Dutch
General Note:
Cataloguing based on issue number 1384
General Note:
This title is in the public domain

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License. This license allows others to download this work and share them with others as long as they mention the author and link back to the author, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.
Resource Identifier:
CWM/LMS/West Indies & British Guiana/Odds/Box 5 ( order with this number )
CWM/LMS/12/08/01 ( soas manuscript number )