Quamina

Quamina
Negro in a blue cassock clutching a Bible to his chest
Image set in dome in the GBTI building in Guyana
Born1778[1]
Ghana, Africa[2]
Died(1823-09-16)16 September 1823
Demerara
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)slave-carpenter, deacon
Known forDemerara rebellion of 1823

Quamina Gladstone (c. 1778 – 16 September 1823), most often referred to simply as Quamina, was a Guyanese slave from Africa and father of Jack Gladstone. He and his son were involved in the Demerara rebellion of 1823, one of the largest slave revolts in the British colonies before slavery was abolished.

He was a carpenter by trade, and worked on an estate owned by Sir John Gladstone. Quamina was implicated in the revolt by the colonial authorities and killed by British soldiers on 16 September 1823. He is considered a national hero in Guyana, and there are streets in the capital Georgetown and the village of Beterverwagting on the East Coast Demerara named after him.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GBTI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Slave Routes". Anti-Slavery International. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference trust was invoked but never defined (see the help page).