Ford, George H. “The Governor Eyre Case in England,”
University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. 17 (April 1948): 219-233.
Ford discusses Kingsley’s membership, with his brother Henry, of the
Governor Eyre Defence Committee and his siding with Carlyle and other right
wing individuals who defended Eyre’s activities in Jamaica. However, Ford
relates that Kingsley later wavered in his support of Eyre mainly due to
widespread criticism he received for the support as well as to his own
conflicted feelings about the matter. Ruskin, Carlyle and others on the
Defence Committee never forgave Kingsley for rejecting Eyre.
Eyre,
Governor ;
West Indies.
Huxley, Leonard. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry
Huxley. 2 Vols. (New York: D. Appleton, 1901, c1900).
Particularly interesting are two letters from Huxley to Kingsley. The
first is a reply (23 September, 1860) to a letter of sympathy from Kingsley
regarding the death of Huxley’s young son in which Kingsley sets forth
his views on the purpose of life and his belief in immortality. Huxley’s
letter is friendly and respectful but displays very different views on
religion to those of Kingsley. The second letter (8 November 1866) sets
forth Huxley’s reasons for joining the Jamaica Committee which advocated
the prosecution of Governor Eyre. Kinsley was a supporter of Eyre.
Huxley,
T.H. ; Eyre,
Governor ; Religion
; Science
.
Semmel, Bernard. “The Issue of 'Race' in the
British Reaction to the Morant Bay Uprising of 1865,” Caribbean
Studies Vol. 2, No. 3 (October 1962): 3-15.
In his examination of the British reaction to the Governor Eyre controversy
in Jamaica, Semmel briefly discusses the support of Kingsley, a racial
bigot, for the Governor’s actions in brutally suppressing the black uprising.
Semmel also mentions the view of Kingsley, clearly influenced by Carlyle,
that blacks together with the Irish and the English working classes were
congenitally inferior and totally unsuited for the suffrage and self-government.
Eyre,
Governor ; Social
and Political Views ; Racial
Prejudices . |
