Publisher's Synopsis
A critical examination of the role played by Baptist missionaries in the rebellion against colonial slavery in Jamaica in the early 19th century. The book provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the rebellion, and explores the ways in which the politics and economics of the region were intertwined with the struggle for emancipation. The authors, Charles Wheeler Denison, Peter Borthwick, and William Knibb, were all prominent figures in the abolitionist movement of the time.
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