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imprisoned and executed.
After John was convinced that they
were being robbed of their freedom,
he wrote a letter (signing his father’s
name) to the members of Bethel
chapel informing them of the “new
law ”.
On Monday, 18th August 1823, the
unrest begun and spread over 50
sugar plantations from Georgetown
to Mahaica, involving 10,000 slaves,
armed with cutlasses, poles with
bayonets and a small number of
stands of rifles captured from the
plantations. They locked up their
owners, managers and families and
promised to release them in 3 days.
Joseph Simpson informed his owner
Captain Simpson of the plot. He in
turn alerted all the estates so that
Georgetown and Governor Murray
could be informed. The Governor
unleashed the 21st Fusileers and the
1st West Indian Regiment, aided by a
volunteer battalion, were dispatched
to combat the rebels. By late afternoon
of August 20th most of the slaves
were all rounded up. Between 100
to 250 slaves were killed. Many were
shot along the estates and their heads
nailed to posts along the roadside.
Some were brought to Georgetown
to be tried and hung at the parade
ground. Their heads were similarly
nailed to posts around Parade ground.
Quamina was executed. Jack
Gladstone escaped and was captured
with his wife on September 6th at
Chateau Margo after a 3 hour standoff.
He was sold and deported.
His legacy was to help bring attention
to the plight of sugar plantation slaves,
accelerating the abolition of slavery.
The rebellion took place a few months
after the founding of the Anti-Slavery
Society, and had a strong impact on
Britain. Murray Street in Georgetown,
originally named after the Governor,
was renamed Quamina Street.
The Demerara Harbour Bridge
The Demerara Harbour Bridge is a
6,074 foot long (1.25 miles) floating
toll bridge, with 61 spans. It was
commissioned on 2 July 1978.
The bridge crosses the Demerara
River 4 miles south of the capital,
Georgetown, and takes travellers
from Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara
to Schoon Ord, West Bank Demerara.
There is a pedestrian footwalk. A raised
section, with horizontal clearance
of 32.0 metres(105 ft) and vertical
clearance of 7.9 metres (26ft) allows
for small vessels to pass under. A
retractor span of horizontal clearance
of 77.4 metres(254ft) allows for
passing of large vessels. Construction
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