Demerara rebellion of 1823

On 18 August 1823 about 10,000 enslaved people on more than 30 plantations on the Demerara coast rose up, led by Jack Gladstone, whose father Quamina was a deacon at the missionary John Smith's chapel. The rising was crushed within days; hundreds were killed and dozens executed, many at the Georgetown parade ground. Smith's death in prison outraged Britain and strengthened the campaign that ended slavery in 1834.