William James Shrewsbury (1795-1866) was a British Methodist minister, missionary, opponent of slavery and ecumenist who worked in the West Indies and South Africa.
In 1816, he was sent as a missionary to Tortola, the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands.
He was expelled from Barbados as a result of religious persecution of the missions linked to Bussa's Rebellion, and following a riot in which the Methodist church in Barbados (built on land donated by Sarah Ann Gill) was destroyed.
[1] A debate led by Fowell Buxton MP was conducted in the House of Commons on 23 June 1825, concluding with a resolution that members of the House: He later served as a missionary among the Xhosa people in South Africa.
[3] In 1843 he published Christian thoughts on free trade : in a letter to Thomas, David & Peter Whitehead, the letter being addressed to Thomas, David and Peter Whitehead, methodist businessmen of Rawtenstall.