Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title Rifle Corps. Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role del. et sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate 8; following p. 14 Technique engraving Image dimension height 12 cm. Image dimension width 17.3 cm. Page dimension height 19.8 cm. Page dimension width 14.2 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Soldiers line up in a street while other soldiers chat in groups. They are observed by an officer on horseback. Includes black women, children, dogs, swords, church, and dwellings. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Description of Plates notes that the muster took place near the home of James Robertson. On the right are St. George's Church and the Mason's Lodge.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.Image placed horizontally on page.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Armed Forces Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title Retreat of Lieutenant Brady. Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role del. et sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate 2; following p. 24 Technique engraving Image dimension height 19.1 cm. Image dimension width 34 cm. Page dimension height 21.1 cm. Page dimension width 34.4 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Large group of blacks (slaves) force the retreat of European soldiers. Includes canal, boat, drawbridge, dwellings, guns or muskets, flag, hogs, pigs, dogs, and bayonnets. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Description of Plates notes that this scene was approved for its accuracy by participants in the event. Prince, the leader of the rebels, is shown waving a black flag. The plantations near this battle were Clonbrook, Beehive, Greenfield, Grove, and Unity.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title Bachelor's Adventure. Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role del. et sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate 4; following p. 36 Technique engraving Image dimension height 18.3 cm. Image dimension width 31.8 cm. Page dimension height 20.3 cm. Page dimension width 33.6 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Blacks (slaves) run across a plain while some lie dead on a dam. Three groups of European soldiers stand in formation on a road. Includes canal, dwellings, guns or muskets, and swords. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Bachelor's Adventure is the name of a plantation. Nearby plantations were Haslington and Paradise.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title Main Guard George Town. Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role del. et sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date 1824 Image function fold-out plate 5; following p. 44 Technique engraving Image dimension height 17.3 cm. Image dimension width 35.6 cm. Page dimension height 19.9 cm. Page dimension width 36.7 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Soldiers line up for review by officers on horseback. Includes blacks (slaves), municipal building, guns or muskets, swords, dwellings, and cannons. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Description of Plates notes that the main building is the armory or guard house designed by James Hacket.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Armed Forces Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title Provisional Battalion. Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role del. et sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate 6; following p. 56 Technique engraving Image dimension height 17.1 cm. Image dimension width 35.2 cm. Page dimension height 19.9 cm. Page dimension width 36.9 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Battalion lines up for review. Includes officers on horseback, blacks (slaves), ships, church, municipal building, windmill, dwellings, and dogs. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Description of Plates notes that the church is the Scots' Church which was used as a barracks. The Court of Justice and guard house are also shown.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Armed Forces Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title [Execution of rebels on the parade ground in Cummingsburgh] Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role del. et sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate 11; following p. 62 Technique engraving Image dimension height 11.1 cm. Image dimension width 18.9 cm. Page dimension height 20.2 cm. Page dimension width 12.6 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Large open space or parade ground with soldiers standing in formation. In the center of the formation is a gallows with men hanging from it. Includes men on horseback, view of dwellings in the settlement, and ships' masts. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Description of Plates notes that this shows the execution of some of the rebel slaves.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.Image placed horizontally on page.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title The Indians. Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role del. et sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate 10; following p. 72 Technique engraving Image dimension height 11.8 cm. Image dimension width 17.4 cm. Page dimension height 13 cm. Page dimension width 19.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Group of native Americans carrying sticks forms a semi-circle around a European officer on horseback. Also includes black woman and children [slaves], dog, gallows, poles, flags, tower, and palisade or fence. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Description of Plates notes that a fort near Kingston Stelling is shown. Ten heads of rebel slaves are on the poles, and the gallows was erected for their "ring-leader" Paris. The tower served as a light house and location to place signals. The native Americans are being reviewed by their Quarter-Master-General.Native Americans were sent out after the rebellion to round up the slaves who had escaped into the countryside. Quamina was killed by these slave catchers and his body later publicly hanged.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.Image placed horizontally on page.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Indigenous peoples Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana Subject headings Indians of South America--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title [Five of the culprits in chains, as they appeared on the 20th of September, 1823.] Creator 1 Joshua Bryant Creator 1 role sculp. Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate 12; following p. 88 Technique engraving Image dimension height 11.8 cm. Image dimension width 17.4 cm. Page dimension height 19.1 cm. Page dimension width 12.7 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages English Description Four scenes of hangings: at top left and right (#2 and #1), a black man (slave) hangs from a gallows in the countryside; at bottom left (#3), a black man (slave) hangs from a gallows near some buildings and two heads on poles; at bottom right (#4), two black men hang from a gallows near some buildings. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers.Description of Plates identifies the victims as follows: (upper left) Quamina, hanged after his death at plantation Success; (upper right) Lindor, hanged at plantation La Bonne Intention; (lower left) Paul, hanged at plantation Friendship and two heads at plantation New Orange Nassau; (lower right) Telemachus and Jemmy, hanged at plantation Bachelor's Adventure.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.Image title from Description of Plates.Image placed horizontally on page.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Hanging--Guyana Subject headings Gallows Subject headings Slavery--Guyana Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number D824 B915 Image title [The Demerara Troop of Cavalry, on the muster ground near to the Royal Hotel...] Place image published [Demerara] Image publisher [A. Stevenson] Image date [1824] Image function fold-out plate [7]; following p. 2 Technique engraving Image dimension height 12.4 cm. Image dimension width 17.5 cm. Page dimension height 20 cm. Page dimension width 13.3 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Soldiers led by two officers gather near a settlement. One officer is mounted, the other has his horse held by a black slave. Includes church, municipal building, guard house, windmill, dwellings, the Royal Hotel, swords, and dogs. Source creator Bryant, Joshua Source Title Account of an insurrection of the negro slaves in the colony of Demerara, which broke out on the 18th of August, Source place of publication Demerara Source publisher A. Stevenson At the Guiana Chronicle Office, Georgetown. Source date 1824 notes In August 1823, the blacks [slaves] of Demerara met at Mahaica to plan a strike. The slave, Quamina, tried to keep the uprising peaceful. Advice was sought from the local Anglican priest, and considerable discussion took place among slaves, owners, priest, and the government, but the planters and governor felt threatened, and the rebellion was quickly put down by soldiers was the year in which the African Institution was founded. It petitioned for the improvement of slave conditions in the West Indies.Bryant drew, engraved, and printed the images for this book. He also had to create the copper plates on which the designs were incised. He claims to have been the first to do this in the colony of Demerara.Image title from Description of Plates.Image placed horizontally on page.The plates do not appear in numerical order in the book, and plate 3 is lacking. Time Period Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Guianas Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Armed Forces Subject headings Slave insurrections--Guyana