The abolition of slavery 1833.

Have a little read: ... Coursework- The abolition of Slavery 1833 Part One These sources outline many different causes of the slave rebellions, some agree that the Baptist missionaries caused the rebellions but others say that Baptists only wanted to help. Source C blatantly states that the missionaries were one of the causes of the rebellions, but the reliability of this source is tainted as it is from the House of Assembly of Jamaica. They would be inclined to blame the missionaries as they believed that the slaves we incapable of organising such a revolt. Source B, has largely little to say, but in the 11th line it says that some whites joined in with the rebellion. This suggests that missionaries took part in this campaign and would show that they caused the slave rebellions. But this source is written in 1998 and so would be a secondary source, it also doesn't state that missionaries took part, only that whites were involved in the campaign. This makes the source unreliable and open to different interpretations. Sources A and F say that Sam Sharpe organised the rebellions and that he could be trusted as he was head of a Baptist church. This involves the church indirectly as they taught Sharpe the fundamentals of all people being equal and that it was wrong for a people's to be oppressed. Sam then went on to organise rebellions, so these sources indirectly support the statement that the rebellion was caused by missionaries. Source A can be considered as reliable as it is an oath taken by a overseer of a plantation, which was taken in 1832, only a few weeks after the actual rebellion. But on the other hand source F is a confession from a prisoner and may have been made under duress and therefore some of the details may not be correct. But the prisoner may not want to give away the role of the missionaries and so missed then out entirely, this makes the unreliable. The sources D and E both suggest that the Baptist church wanted to help emancipate the slaves. A Reverend writes source D, he supports the slaves, but does not say that he had any thing to do with the rebellions and says that they did more harm then good. Source E is an oath and says that a Baptist preacher would claim their freedom from the King of England. This probably wouldn't have started a rebellion, as if they knew that they would be