The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the gospel, who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro slaves
Subtitle: from a full and correct copy, transmitted to England by Mr. Smith's counsel, and including the documentary evidence omitted in the parliamentary copy : with an appendix, containing the letters and statements of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Arrindell, &c., and, also, the society's petition to the House of Commons : the whole published under the authority of the directors of the said society.
Contributors: Great Britain. Army. Court-martial (Smith : 1823); London Missionary Society.
Publisher: Published by F. Westley
Published: 1824
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Smith, John, 1790-1824 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Military offenses) -- Guyana -- Georgetown.; Courts martial and courts of inquiry -- Guyana -- Georgetown.; Slave insurrections -- Guyana.; Guyana -- History -- 1803-1966.
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
"Proceedings of a general court-martial, held at the Colony-House in George Town, on Monday, the 13th of October, 1823, by virtue of a warrant, and in pursuance of an order of His Excellency Major-general John Murray, Lieutenant-governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the United Colony of Demerara and Essequibo, &c.&c."--p. [1].