1866 REPORT OF THE JAMAICA ROYAL COMMISSION REVOLT & SUPPRESSION of MORANT BAY

Description: I have here for sale a book entitled REPORT OF THE JAMAICA ROYAL COMMISSION 1866. Part II Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode in that year. It is a day by day report of the evidence given in the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica. The trial lasted 4 months from January to April over 51 days. There is also an Appendix at the back with Returns and Documents relative to the Origin and Outbreak of the Disturbances. The Morant Bay Rebellion (11 October 1865) began with a protest march to the courthouse by hundreds of people led by preacher Paul Bogle in Morant Bay, Jamaica. Some were armed with sticks and stones. After seven men were shot and killed by the volunteer militia, the protesters attacked and burned the courthouse and nearby buildings. Twenty-five people died. Over the next two days, poor freedmen rose in rebellion across most of St. Thomas-in-the-East parish. The Jamaicans were protesting against injustice and widespread poverty. Most freedmen were prevented from voting by high poll taxes, and their living conditions had worsened following crop damage by floods, cholera and smallpox epidemics, and a long drought. A few days before the march, when police tried to arrest a man for disrupting a trial, a fight broke out against them by spectators. Officials then issued a warrant for the arrest of preacher Bogle, who had called for reforms, and was charged with inciting to riot. Rebound in quarter beige cloth on blue marbled hardboards with original brown leather corners. Maroon title labels with gilt borders. Wear to the board edges and corners. Loose front board. Speckled page edges. 1162 pages. This is a complete summary of the evidence both for and against the insurrectionists and it is quite surprising to read a lot of anti-Plantation owner details. Pages clean. 33 x 21 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday. pages

Price: 199.99 GBP

Location: Whitegate, Cheshire

End Time: 2025-01-05T09:15:00.000Z

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