Demerara in South America was one of the original British colonies that were joined into the colony of British Guiana, now Guyana. It was located about the lower courses of the Demerara River, and its main town was Georgetown. Demerara is now one of three counties of Guyana. The other two counties are Berbice and Essequibo. Before the colony became British, it was a Dutch colony. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... British Guiana and its boundary lines, 1896 Flag of British Guiana British Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana. ... The Demerara River is a river in eastern Guyana that rises in the central rainforests of the country and flows to the north for 346 kilometres without tributaries until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Berbice is the Second largest of the three counties in Guyana and is known as the ancient county. ... The Essequibo River is the longest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. ...

The name "Demerara" comes from a variant of the Arawak word "Immenary" or "Dumaruni" which means "river of the letter wood".^[1] Arowak woman (John Gabriel Stedman) The term Arawak (from aru, the Lokono word for cassava flour), was used to designate the Amerindians encountered by the Spanish in the West Indies. ...

On 13 August 1814 the British combined the colonies of Demerara and Essequibo into the colony of Demerara-Essequibo. On 20 November 1815 the colony was formally ceded to Britain by the Netherlands. is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Essequibo River is the longest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. ... The colony of Demerara-Essequibo was created on 13 August 1814 when the British combined the colonies of Demerara and Essequibo. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ...

On 21 July 1831 Demerara-Essequibo united with Berbice as British Guiana. is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Berbice is the Second largest of the three counties in Guyana and is known as the ancient county. ...

Large slave rebellions broke out in West Demerara in 1795 and on the East Coast of Demerara in 1823^[2]. Although these rebellions were easily and bloodily crushed, according to Winston McGowan, they may have had a long-term impact in ending slavery: 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

"The 1823 revolt had a special significance not matched by the earlier Berbice uprising. It attracted attention in Britain inside and outside Parliament to the terrible evil slavery and the need to abolish it. This played a part, along with other humanitarian, political and economic factors, in causing the British parliament ten years later in 1833 to take the momentous decision to abolish slavery in British Guiana and elsewhere in the British Empire with effect from 1 August 1834. After serving four years of a modified form of slavery euphemistically called apprenticeship, the slaves were finally freed on 1 August 1838."^[3] is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Demerara sugar is so named because originally it came from the colony of Demerara. Demerara is used as the generic name of a type of specialty raw cane sugar often used in home baking and in sweetening coffee. ...

Notable Demererans

• Sir James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island (1851-64) and the Colony of British Columbia (1858–64).
• Rev. Joseph Ketley, Congregational missionary, mid 19th century.

James Douglas Sir James Douglas, K.C.B, (August 15, 1803 – August 2, 1877), was born of a Scottish father and Creole mother in Demerara. ... See main article Vancouver Island Colonial flag of Vancouver Island, consisting of the British Blue Ensign and the great seal of the colony. ... The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony of British North America from 1858 until 1871. ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ...

Commanders of Demerara

• Jonathan Samuel Storm van 's Gravesende (d. 1761) (1752–1761)
• Laurens Lodewijk van Bercheijk (d. 1765) (1761–1765)
• Jan Cornelis van den Heuvel (1765–1770)
• Paulus van Schuylenburgh (1772–1781)
• Antony Beaujon (22 April 1796 – 27 March 1802)

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Governors of Demerara

• Robert Kingston (27 February 1781 – 1782)
• Louis Antoine Dazemard de Lusignan (1782)
• Armand Guy Simon de Coëtnempren, comte de Kersaint (b. 1742 – d. 1793) (1782)
• Georges Manganon de la Perrière (1783–1784)

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Directors-general

• Joseph Bourda (acting) (6 March 1784 – February 1785)
• Jan L'Éspinasse (February 1785 – 18 August 1789)
• Albertus Backer (18 August 1789 – 31 March 1793)
• Willem August van Sirtema, baron van Grovestins (31 March 1793 – May 1795)
• Antony Beaujon (b. 17... – d. 1805) (1795 – 22 April 1796)
• Antony Meertens (27 March 1802 – September 1803)

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Lieutenant governors

• Robert Nicholson (September 1803 – 18 August 1804)
• Antony Beaujon (18 August 1804 – 19 October 1805)
• James Montgomery (acting) (19 October 1805 – 8 May 1806)
• Henry William Bentinck (8 May 1806 – February 1812)
• Hugh Lyle Carmichael (b. 1764 – d. 1813) (February 1812 – 11 May 1813)
• E. Codd (acting) (11 May 1813 – 23 May 1813)
• John Murray (23 May 1813 – 26 April 1824)
• Sir Benjamin d'Urban (26 April 1824 – 21 July 1831)

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Leaders of Slave Rebellions

• 1823: Jack Gladstone of Plantation Success

See also

• History of Guyana

Guyana had been peopled for thousands of years before Europeans became aware of the area some five hundred years ago. ...

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