The British Zion: Congregationalism, Politics, and Empire, 1790-1850

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187 Index abolition, 53, 55–57, 65–66, 68–69, 70, 72–74, 86, 89, 91, 118, 122 Addington, Henry; see Sidmouth, Lord antislavery; see abolition Baptist Missionary Society, 11, 22, 57 Binney, Thomas, 99, 100 Bogue, David, 9, 11, 22, 25, 33 Bowker, John Mitford, 137–38 Bristol Remonstrance, 104 Brougham, Henry, 53, 54, 67, 74, 102, 104 Buxton, T. F., 64–65, 69, 86, 121–26, 137 Calderwood, Henry, 129, 131–36 Cape Constitution, 143 Carey, William, 11, 22, 26, 150, 152 Castlereagh, Lord, 43, 47, 51 Colonial Office, 62, 65, 76, 102, 105, 119, 121–22, 125, 127, 137, 142 Congregationalism, 3, 109–11; see also Independents Congregational Union, 105, 110 Demerara, 10, 57, 60–67, 73, 106 Dutch East India Company, 76, 78 D’Urban, Sir Benjamin, 123, 125 Dissent, 4, 12, 17, 19; politicizing of, 48–51, 56, 58, 91, 96, 100, 106, 109; relationship to Evangelical Revival, 20–22, 29, 31–32, 34; response to Sidmouth’s Bill, 38–43 Dissenting Deputies, 35, 37, 39, 41, 49, 68, 99 East India Company, 11, 24, 45, 76, 78 Emancipation Act, 60, 72, 101 Evangelical Revival, 7, 9, 12–13, 23, 29, 56 Eyre, Edward John, 143, 144 Fairbairn, John, 118 General Body of Dissenting Ministers, 72 Glenelg, Lord, 125–26, 128 Great Disruption, 108 Grey, Lord, 43–44, 101 188 Index Moffat, Robert, 129–33, 136 Murray, John, 61, 65–66, 67 Ordinance 50, 92–96, 117–20, 122– 23, 139 Philip, Jane, 62 Philip, John, 75–76; background and arrival in Cape Colony, 80–82; conflict with Robert Moffat, 129–31; early controversies with colonial government , 83–85; first visit to Britain and publication of Researches in South Africa, 85–92; last years in South Africa, 135–40, 143; opposition to Vagrancy Law, 117–22; second visit to Britain, 115–17, 126–29; support for Ordinance, 50, 92–96; views on the Eastern Cape, 123–26 Pringle, Thomas, 82, 95 Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty, 38–39, 44–46, 50, 97, 99–101 Queen Adelaide Province, 125–26, 137 Rattray, Charles, 106 Read, James, Jr., 7, 133–35 Read, James, Sr., 78–80, 83, 88, 93, 96, 116–17, 120–22, 124, 126–27, 129, 131–36, 138, 139–40, 144–45 Researches in South Africa, 85, 91, 93, 97 Roby, William, 20, 22, 26 Schreiner, W. P., 145 Sidmouth, Lord, 31, 33–38, 40–42, 48–51, 59–60, 62, 69, 73, 97, 104 Slave Trade, 24, 51, 54–55, 57, 73, 86 Smith, John, 62–67 Smith, William, 45, 53–54 Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 10, 14–15, 29, 90 Hankey, William Alers, 70 Harris, John, 98 Hawies, Rev. Thomas, 48 Holland, Lord, 39, 40, 42–45, 49 Home Missionary Society, 28 Hottentot Rebellion, 140–41 Independents, 9, 16, 20, 22 38, 41–42, 53, 109, 111; see also Congregationalism Jamaica, 57, 59, 60, 62, 66, 68–69, 72–73 James, John Agnell, 103 Kat River Settlement, 7–8, 95–96, 115–17, 122–24, 129, 132, 135, 139, 140–41 Khoi, 76–79, campaign for rights, 83–88, 90, 93–96, politics after Ordinance, 50, 115–25, 130, 132– 34, 137–39, 140, 142, 145 Kitchingman, James, 75, 76, 84, 93 Liverpool, Lord, 40–42, 46, 62, 93 Locke, John, 132, 133, 134 London Missionary Society: Congregationalist identity, 110–13; early engagement in Cape politics, 82–85, 95; early mission to the Cape Colony, 76–80; early mission to Demerara, 60–62; eastern Cape frontier , 123–26; founding, 9–10, 23–25; government grants controversy, 101–8; Grahamstown controversy, 131–35; Hankey controversy, 68–72, 75; John Smith and Demerara rebellion , 62–67; Kat River, 116–17, 119–21; legacy, 141–43; relationship to home missions, 26–29, 53 Mackay, William, 94 Methodism, 13, 16–17, 19, 32, 34, 42 Index 189 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 10, 57, 102, 127 Whitbread, Samuel, 43–44, 49, 107 Whitefield, George, 13, 15–17, 19, 22, 29, 43 Wesley, John, 15–17, 20, 29 Wilberforce, William, 11, 24–25, 46, 55, 62, 64, 66–67, 73, 84, 86 Wilks, John, 38, 42, 44, 99 Wilks, Rev. Matthew, 9, 38 Wray, John, 60–64 Xhosa, 77, 80, 82, 95, 115–16, 122– 25, 127–29, 131, 135, 139–40 Society for the Promotion for the Gospel, 10, 14–15, 29 South African Commercial Advertiser, 82 Stockenstram, Andries...