William Shrewsbury

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William James Shrewsbury (born February 15, 1795 in Deal (Kent) , † February 25, 1866 in Bacup ) was a British Methodist clergyman who worked as a missionary in the West Indies and in South Africa . He has also become known as an opponent of slavery .

Life

Shrewsbury was sent to Tortola as a missionary in 1816 , the largest and most densely populated in the British Virgin Islands . He worked there for two years, then moved to Grenada and in 1820 to Barbados . He was expelled from Barbados when religious persecution began in the wake of Bussa's rebellion . The Barbados Methodist Church, built on land donated by Sarah Ann Gill , was destroyed in the post-rebellion riot . A debate chaired by Thomas Buxton MP in the House of Commons on June 23, 1825 concluded with a resolution that Members of the House:

“Declare that they see with the utmost annoyance the scandalous and cocky violations of the law; and after having seen with the greatest satisfaction the instructions sent by His Majesty's Secretary of State to the Governor of Barbadoes in order to prevent a repetition of similar outbursts of anger, they humbly assure His Majesty ( George IV ) of their readiness to take every measure follow what His Majesty deems necessary to grant full protection and religious tolerance to all of His Majesty's subjects in that part of His Majesty's realm. "

Shrewsbury later served as a missionary among the Xhosa in South Africa.

In 1843 he published the treatise Christian thoughts on free trade: in a letter to Thomas, David & Peter Whitehead . The brothers Thomas, David and Peter Whitehead were Methodist businessmen from Rawtenstall .

Fonts

  • Hildegarde H. Fast: The journal and selected letters of Rev. William J. Shrewsbury, 1826-1835. First missionary to the Transkei. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg 1994.

literature

  • JVB Shrewsbury: Memorials of the Rev. William J. Shrewsbury, an Holy Man of God. Manchester 1856 ( archive.org ).
  • Joan Shrewsbury: The Shrewsbury Line: eight Methodists & Two Anglicans. In: Wesley Historical Society, Cumbria Branch Bulletin no. 40, Autumn 1997: 2-6.
  • David Carter: The Ecumenical Principles of William James Shrewsbury. In: One in Christ, vol. 36, 2000: 365-77.
  • Alan Lester, David Lambert: Missionary politics and the captive audience: William Shrewsbury in the Caribbean and the Cape Colony. In: Colonial lives across the British Empire: Imperial careering in the long nineteenth century. Cambridge University Press 2006, edited by David Lambert and Alan Lester.
  • Alan Lester, David Lambert: Shrewsbury, William James (1795–1866). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of September 2010

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hilary McD Beckles: A history of Barbados: from Amerindian settlement to Caribbean single market , 2nd. Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England 2006, ISBN 978-0-521-67849-0 , p. 118.
  2. ↑ “declare that they view with the utmost indignation that scandalous and daring violation of the law; and having seen with great satisfaction the instructions which have been sent out by his majesty's Secretary of State to the governor of Barbadoes, to prevent a recurrence of similar outrages, they humbly assure his Majesty (George IV) of their readiness to concur in every measure which his Majesty may deem necessary for securing ample protection and religious toleration to all his Majesty's subjects in that part of his Majesty's dominions. " Expulsion of Mr Shrewsbury .
  3. ↑ barbadosadvocate.com .
  4. ↑ Formats and Editions of Christian thoughts on free trade: in a letter to Thomas, David & Peter Whitehead ... [WorldCat.org ] . OCLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Shrewsbury, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shrewsbury, William James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Methodist missionary and abolitionist
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Deal (kent)
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1866
Place of death Bacup