First edition. 24pp. pamphlet. First and last pages detached. Some fray to fore-edges. Baptist Missionaries in Jamaica. London, 1832.
A non-conformist missionary, Knibb travelled to Jamaica in 1825 as a replacement for his brother, Thomas. Knibb initially taught at a school in Kingston before moving on to Savanna la Mar in 1829 and later Falmouth. Tensions on the island had begun in 1823 with the improvement in the conditions of slaves. British calls for the further amelioration coincided with a slave rebellion and the strife broke out just after Christmas, 1831. The white colonists blamed the missionaries and Knibb was among the number arrested and threatened with death. This pamphlet recounts the entire event in detail.
