Scottish Presbyterianism and Settler Colonial Politics: Empire of Dissent

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This bookoffers a new interpretation of political reform in the settler colonies of Britain’s empire in the early nineteenth century. It examines the influence of Scottish Presbyterian dissenting churches and their political values. It re-evaluates five notorious Scottish reformers and unpacks the Presbyterian foundation to their political ideas: Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), a poet in Cape Town; Thomas McCulloch (1776-1843), an educator in Pictou; John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878), a church minister in Sydney; William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861), a rebel in Toronto; and Samuel McDonald Martin (1805?-1848), a journalist in Auckland. The book weaves the five migrants’ stories together for the first time and demonstrates how the campaigns they led came to be intertwined. The book will appeal to historians of Scotland, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the British Empire and the Scottish diaspora. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: Empire of Dissent (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 1-31 Front Matter ....Pages 33-33 Thomas Pringle in Cape Town (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 35-58 Thomas McCulloch in Pictou (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 59-80 John Dunmore Lang in Sydney (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 81-96 William Lyon Mackenzie in Toronto (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 97-119 London Lobbying, 1829–1834 (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 121-145 Front Matter ....Pages 147-147 Radicalism in Scotland (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 149-169 Rebellion in Canada (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 171-196 Disruption at the Cape (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 197-218 Republicanism in New South Wales (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 219-244 Samuel McDonald Martin and Oppositional Politics in Auckland (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 245-281 Conclusion (Valerie Wallace)....Pages 283-288 Back Matter ....Pages 289-308