Scottish Presbyterianism and Settler Colonial Politics: Empire of Dissent

This book offers 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), apoetin Cape Town;Thomas McCulloch(1776-1843), aneducatorin Pictou;JohnDunmore Lang(1799-1878), a churchministerin Sydney;William Lyon Mackenzie(1795-1861), arebelin Toronto;and Samuel McDonald Martin(1805?-1848), ajournalistin 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 BritishEmpireand the Scottish diaspora.